As reported earlier, AP Police officials on Sunday did not allow filmmaker Ram Gopal Varma to hold a press meet in Vijayawada regarding his film Lakshmi’s NTR, which is slated for release on 1st May in Andhra Pradesh. After detaining the director and movie unit at Gannavaram airport, they were sent back to Hyderabad forcefully to avoid the uninvited situations.
Unsurprisingly, in next few hours, the director has gained support of YSRCP Chief Jagan Mohan Reddy, who already is drawing sharp criticism for being tight-lipped on TRS government over the irregularities in Intermediate board which led to suicides of 21 students so far.
Condemning the incident, Jagan Mohan Reddy issued a statement “Such incidents are a blot on democracy which are deplorable.” On Monday morning, he also dropped a tweet saying : “Our democracy is in such a situation that we cannot hold a press meet in Vijayawada. Our police men are being used like a pawn in this democracy.” He also questioned: “Chandrababu Garu, what wrong did Ram Gopal Varma do?”
Jagan reacting to RGV’s issue in few hours has called for a discussion on social media and some section of netizens are pointing out that “why is Jagan concerned about a movie and a filmmaker who was denied permission for a press meet to only avoid unwanted situation.”