Subramanian Swamy Sends Legal Notice To Akshay Kumar & Others For Distorting Facts In 'Ram Setu'
BJP leader?Subramanian Swamy?who has earleir announced that he will sue Akshay Kumar and the makers of his forthcoming movie over the false portrayal of Ram Setu issue has now sent taken an action against the Bollywood actor and Jacqueline Fernandez among others in the same regard.? ?
Subramanian Swamy sends legal notice to Akshay Kumar,? Jacqueline Fernandez and the makers of Ram Setu
He took to Twitter to write, "Mumbai cinema [or is it sin-e-ma] wallas have a bad habit of falsifying and misappropriation. Hence to teach them Intellectual Property Rights, I have through Satya Sabharwal Adv issued Legal Notice to Cine Actor Akshay Kumar (Bhatia) and his 8 others for distorting Ram Setu saga.?
In another tweet, Swamy who had earlier said that Akshay Kumar could be arrested wrote, "It is amusing that tweets with 0 to 25 followers are agitated at my sending a Legal Notice to Sin e Ma actor and cohorts for fabricating the Ram Setu sacred narrative. Sri Ram is Maryada Purushottam and Vishnu Avatar. Rama's love for Sita cannot be sullied to please the benefactors".
Advocate Satya Sabarwal who has sent the legal notice on behalf of Subramanian Swamy stated in it, "My client in 2007, has successfully argued before the Supreme Court for the preservation and protection of the Rama Setu and had opposed the Sethusamudram Ship Channel Project of the Government of India which envisaged rupturing the Rama Setu [held to be sacred by Hindus], on August 31, 2007, the Supreme Court was pleased to pass stay Order against any plan to demolish or damage the Rama Setu. This was on the grounds that faith and worship is a constitutional imperative."
"It has come to my Client¡¯s knowledge that, a movie namely Ram Setu has been filmed and is set to be released on August 24. That Court proceedings are an integral part of saving the Ram Setu being demolished by previous Governments and if the same is being picturized in the Addressee¡¯s film, then my Client has contributed in the film vide the Court proceedings initiated and my Client is bound to be recognized for the same with correct picturization of original facts and the Original Petitioner¡¯s name used anywhere in the film".?
He has also asked the makers to reach out to his client in case any corrections or clarifications are needed. Furthermore, he has asked them to show the final movie to his client before the release in order to make sure that there's no distortion of facts.
What is Ram Setu?
Also known as Adam's bridge, it is a chain of limestone shoals between the coasts of India and Sri Lanka. As per the Indian epic Ramayana, the bridge was built by Vanara Sena to rescue Sita, who Ravana kidnaped.?
What is the issue surrounding Ram Setu?
Last year, senior academic and former Vice-Chancellor of Alagappa University A Ramasamy moved Supreme Court claiming that Ram Setu isn't an 'ancient monument'.?This came after Subramanian Swamy had filed a petition in the court asking it to declare Ram Setu as a national monument.?
Quoting a 130-year-old study, he said that it is not a man-made monument. The study, for the unversed, called the narrative of Ramayana as a "pious fairy tale".?
Relying on an 1891 study,?he argued, "Only a permanent structure could be declared an ancient monument. Adam¡¯s Bridge is not a permanent structure...sand dunes are formed due to the streaming relationship of the Indian Ocean and the influence of the monsoon on the superficial sediments of the sea, plus negative beach pushing. The whole phenomenon depends on change in sea level ... In short, Adam¡¯s Bridge is a constantly changing structure which is repeatedly constructed and destroyed by natural process. Sand dunes appear and disappear like bubbles... It would not [be] possible to declare the bubbles a national monument".
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