I’m not misusing ‘Me Too’ campaign: Actor Chethan
Bengaluru: Actor Arjun Sarja father-in-law and senior actor Rajesh alleged that by supporting Shruthi Hariharan, actor Chethan has been taking revenge against Arjun Sarja for not giving him a role in Prema Baraha film.
Speaking to media after lodging a complaint to the Film Chamber against Shruthi Hariharan here on Monday, Rajesh said that when Arjun Sarja directed the movie Prema Baraha, Chethan was selected for the hero role. But in the last moment, the actors were changed and selected another actor. But Chethan was taking revenge against that development, he said.
“There is nothing called purity or impurity in film industry. Allegation is made against my son-in-law. So, I have lodged a complaint in the Film Chamber. I am committed to the decision to be taken by the Chamber. I have seen Arjun since many years. He has worked with senior actors. So far, he has not faced a single complaint of such kind. But now, they have raked up a ten-year-old issue”, he said.
They do not know how to speak Kannada properly. They have been making allegation against Arjun Sarja. He would file defamation case against Shruthi Hariharan, he said.
Arjun Sarja close associate Prashanth Sambaragi said that they have been making a conspiracy against Arjun just because Chethan was dropped from the movie. When he was selected, he was given Rs 10 lakh advance. But when he was dropped from the movie, he has not given the advance back. Instead, they have made false allegations against Arjuna Sarja, he said.
Instead of demanding investigation into the Shruthi Hariharan’s allegations against Arjun Sarja, actor Prakash Raj also backed her and gave a verdict of demanding apology. It was neither a social commitment nor a pro-women commitment. There was a hidden agenda before such statements, he said.
‘I’m not misusing ‘Me Too’ campaign’
Responding to this, actor Chethan said that “I am not misusing the ‘Me Too’ campaign against Arjun Sarja. I don’t have any personal enmity with him. I have not taken Rs 10 lakh advance from Arjun Sarja for Prema Baraha movie. I got Rs 9 lakh as advance. But Arjun Sarja had told me that they could work together in future. So, I have not returned the amount he has given me”, he clarified.
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Have won in people’s court, says Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah on by-poll results
Bengaluru (PTI): Buoyed by the assembly election by-polls, which saw the ruling Congress sweeping in all the three seats, Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Saturday said he won in the ‘people’s court’.
He gave credit to the guarantee schemes for the party’s victory in the assembly bypolls in Sandur, Shiggaon and Channapatna.
“You know what Mahatma Gandhi said. He said people’s court is better than the courts. Now people’s court has given me its verdict,” Siddaramaiah told reporters.
This victory was significant for the Congress as the BJP and JD(S) formed an alliance, he explained.
“We won from Kalyana Karnataka (Sandur), Kittur Karnataka region (Shiggaon), and old Mysuru region (Channapatna). In all the places we won. So, this is very significant."
“After our government came to power about one and half years ago, the BJP made false allegations on me and my government. They also spread lies about our schemes,” Siddaramaiah said.
The CM is an accused in the MUDA site allotment scam where 14 sites in upmarket of Mysuru was allotted to his wife, Parvathi. After the controversy broke out, Parvathi returned the sites to MUDA.
He also came down heavily on the opposition BJP and JD(S) for their lies and ‘baseless allegations’.
The Chief Minister also took a swipe at JDS supremo H D Deve Gowda and his son Union Minister H D Kumaraswamy for "crying" in public during elections.
“Deve Gowda and his sons cry, but didn’t their heart melt when several women cried in the Prajwal Revanna case in Hassan?” he asked.
Former JD(S) MP and grandson of former Prime Minister H D Deve Gowda, Prajwal Revanna is in jail for allegedly sexually assaulting several women and filming them.
