Chennai,Oct 29 (PTI) Pro-Hindu outfit Hindu Makkal Katchitoday staged demonstrations in front of theatres across TamilNadu in protest against 'incorrect references' to GST inactor Vijay's 'Mersal'.
HMK leader Arjun Sampath led a demonstration in front ofa theatre in Kumbakonam and demanded removal of the'controversial'. Party activists tore up banners of Vijay andmovie director Atlee.
In Tiruchirapalli, VCK members staged a demonstration infront of a theatre, while similar protests were held atOttenchathiram in Dindigul and also in Chennai, sources said.
The movie ran into trouble soon after it's October 18release, coinciding with Diwali, over 'incorrect references'to the Goods and Services Tax.
BJP leaders, including H Raja,a party national secretary,state president Tamilisai Soundarajan and Union minister PonRadhakrishnan have alleged that 'Mersal' has incorrectreferences on GST and that it be deleted.
However, Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi, his seniorcolleague P Chidambaram, DMK working president M K Stalin,veteran star Kamal Haasan and a host of Tamil cinema industryrepresentatives had supported the film crew on the issue.
Tamil superstar Rajinikanth had said that the movieaddressed an important topic."Important topic addressed...welldone!!! congratulations team #mersal", Rajinikanth hadtweeted. PTI VIJ APRAPR.
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