Superstar Rajinikanth’s comments at the golden jubilee celebrations of Tamil magazine ‘Thuglak’, that “if someone is seen carrying ‘Murasoli’, you can tell that they belong to DMK. If someone is seen carrying ‘Thuglak’, you can tell that that person is intelligent”, have sent shock waves in the DMK.
Soon after his speech, memes started flooding social media, trolling DMK members that they were not intelligents. Actor-producer Udhayanidhi Stalin, who is the youth wing head of the party, came out a couple of tweets targeting Rajinikanth.
Speaking at the event, Rajinikanth, whose ‘Darbar’ is running successfully in theatres, also had a word of advice to journalists. “News that is true is like milk and when they mix lies in it like water, people may not know the difference between truth and the lies. Milk and water have to be separated,” he said.
He added: “In today’s time, it is very important for us to have a journalist like that of Cho Ramasamy. Times are bad, things are in a bad state today in society and in politics. Media is what can save us today. News houses have a big responsibility. Some news channels are affiliated to certain parties, and so they write about them even if they do good or bad. But the media houses that call themselves neutral, they have to give the people the truth.”
Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu presided over the event, while Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s pre-recorded message was aired at the auditorium.
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