Overview
- At the Agaram Foundation’s anniversary event, Rajya Sabha MP Kamal Haasan portrayed education as the sole weapon to dismantle NEET-based entry barriers and Sanatana ideology.
- The BJP’s Tamil Nadu unit demanded an unconditional apology and urged Hindus to boycott his films, accusing him of insulting Sanatana Dharma.
- The Vishva Hindu Parishad accused Haasan of deliberately defaming Hindu society with his remarks on Sanatana ideology.
- Haasan said he had spoken with Chief Minister M.K. Stalin, who assured him the state would streamline NGO permissions and reaffirmed its opposition to NEET.
- The Agaram Foundation, founded by actor Suriya, has supported over 6,000 students from underprivileged backgrounds in accessing higher education.