Overview

• Haasan criticized the NEET medical entrance exam at the Agaram Foundation’s anniversary event, calling it an “ill outcome of Sanatana Dharma” that has crushed many MBBS aspirants’ dreams.
• Television actor Ravichandran issued a public threat to slit Haasan’s throat over his remarks, accusing him of insulting Hindu traditions.
• The Tamil Nadu BJP called for a boycott of Haasan’s films in theatres and on OTT platforms in response to his Sanatana Dharma commentary.
• Members of Haasan’s Makkal Needhi Maiam party lodged a formal complaint with the Chennai Police Commissioner’s office seeking police protection.
• Haasan has maintained that education is the only weapon capable of breaking ideological and dictatorial chains and protecting minority rights.