Telangana Environment Minister and Congress Leader Konda Surekha faced backlash after her distasteful comment on the divorce of Naga Chaitanya-Samantha Ruth Prabhu. Soon after, the Minister took to her X handle to issue and apologize for hurting the actors’ sentiments. However, Konda has once again caught eyeballs for making shocking claims.
While talking to a media organisation, the minister questioned about the reason behind Samantha and Naga’s divorce and said that she never gave out any false information. “If whatever I said is wrong, then does anyone know the reason behind the divorce of Samantha and Naga. Samantha cannot comment on it, I understand the entire situation. But did anyone from Nagarjuna family said anything?” she told the reporter.
The minister further added, “I have internal sources, and whatever I said was based on the information I got from them. I got angry and hence said the truth. All of you know that I only speak the truth on face and I will continue talking facts in future as well.”
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Nagarjun Files Defamation Case
Meanwhile, Naga Chaitanya's father, Nagarjuna has filed a defamation case against the minister. Talking about the issues, he told Times Now, "Her outrageous comments cannot be allowed to slide under the crack. She now says she is withdrawing her remarks. She has apparently apologised to Samantha. What about my family? Not a word of apology to me and to my family!"
The actor also clarified that he won't withdraw the lawsuit even if she apologises now. "This is no longer personal. The slander has gone far beyond just me and my family. The support we’ve received from the biggest to the smallest of names in the Telugu industry, has made me realise we are in the process of stemming the rot that has seeped into the core of our system. You can’t use our names for political gains. We in the entertainment industry won’t be soft targets anymore. It’s as simple as that. I am hoping that our legal action against the lady will caution other politicians from using our names in a slanderous way," he said.