Kamal Haasan reacts to Kannada-Tamil row: ‘Politicians not certified to speak on language’

After sparking a language controversy throughout South Indian states along with his comment that “#Kannada is born out of Tamil,” actor-turned-politician #Kamal Haasan on Wednesday clarified that his assertion was made “out of love” and stated that politicians should not certified to talk on language issues and that such discussions must be left to specialists and linguists.

Speaking to reporters in #Thiruvananthapuram in #Kerala, Makkal Needhi Maiam (MNM) president stated, “What I said was out of love, and a lot of historians have taught me language history. I didn’t mean anything.”

‘Politicians should not certified to speak about language’

Haasan identified that leaders from numerous linguistic and regional backgrounds have served because the state’s Chief Ministers and stated, “Tamil Nadu is a state where a Menon (MG Ramachandran) has been our Chief Minister, where a Reddy (Omandur Ramasamy Reddiyar) has been our Chief Minister, a Tamil (M Karunanidhi) has been our CM, and a Kannadiga Iyengar (J Jayalalithaa) has been our CM.”

“Politicians are not qualified to talk about language. They don’t have the qualifications to talk about it, including me. Let us leave all these very in-depth discussions to historians, archaeologists and language experts,” he added.

Haasan, throughout the audio launch of his upcoming movie ‘Thug Life’ in #Chennai, claimed that ‘Tamil gave start to #Kannada”.

‘Poor #Kamal Haasan is unaware of Karnataka’s historical past’: Siddaramaiah

Earlier, Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah slammed actor #Kamal Haasan following his reported comment, ‘#Kannada is born out of Tamil, and stated that he was unaware of the language’s “long-standing” historical past.

“#Kannada language has a very long history… poor #Kamal Haasan is unaware of it,” Siddaramaiah advised reporters whereas talking in #Kannada.

Haasan’s remark triggered sturdy reactions from a number of pro-#Kannada organisations, which held protests in numerous cities together with Belagavi, Mysuru, Hubballi and Bengaluru.

The demonstrators condemned the actor-politician’s remarks and demanded a public apology to the folks of Karnataka. They additionally warned that they might block the screening of his movie ‘Thug Life’ within the state if he didn’t apologise.

Meanwhile, Karnataka BJP President B Y Vijayendra additionally criticised Haasan, accusing him of insulting #Kannada whereas attempting to glorify his personal language. He urged Haasan to supply an unconditional apology to Kannadigas immediately.

(With ANI inputs)

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