Nagarjuna takes legal action against Konda Surekha for divorce comment

Telangana minister Konda Surekhas comment on Telugu movie stars Chaitanya Akkineni and Samantha Ruth Prabhu did not sit well with the respective families and also with members of the film industry The minister was collectively called out by the affected families and by members of the Telugu film industry including Chiranjeevi Nani Jr NTR and Allu ArjunThe Congress leader claimed Bharat Rashtra Samiti working President KT Rama Raos interference led to the divorce of movie stars Samantha and Naga Chaitanya KTR issued a legal notice to the minister asking her to withdraw her comment While she has retracted the statement Nagarjuna Akkineni and his family has decided to proceed with a legal action against the minister for defamatory commentNagarjuna confirmed the news with Times Now ldquoI am in Vizag I am heading back to Hyderabad for action aheadrdquo he said before adding ldquoOh absolutely A hundred percent We canrsquot let this go Not at all I am rushing back with lawyersrdquoThe veteran actor also took to X on Wednesday and wrote ldquoI strongly condemn the comments of the Honorable Minister Mrs Konda Surekha Dont use the lives of movie stars who stay away from politics to criticize your opponents Please respect other peoples privacy As a woman in a responsible position your comments and accusations against our family are completely irrelevant and false I request you to withdraw your comments immediatelyrdquopictwittercom8VHcJYC7knmdash chaitanya akkineni chay_akkineni October 3 2024How Samantha and Chaitanya Akkineni reacted to the commentSamantha Ruth Prabhu and Naga Chaitanya ended their marriage in 2021Reacting to Surekhas comment Samantha wrote on an Instagram story ldquoTo be a woman to come out and work to survive in a glamorous industry where women are more often than not treated as props to fall in love amp to fall out of love to still stand up and fight It takes a lot of courage and strength My divorce is a personal matter and I request that you refrain from speculating about it Our choice to keep things private doesnrsquot invite misrepresentation To clarify my divorce was mutual consent and amicable with no political conspiracy involved Could you please keep my name out of political battles I have always remained nonpolitical and wish to continue doing sordquoNaga Chaitanya also reacted to the Ministers remarks through a post on X where he said that Ms Surekhas statements were untrue and unacceptable The actor wrote ldquoThe decision of divorce is easily one of the most painful and unfortunate life decisions one has to make After a lot of thought a mutual decision was made by me and my former spouse to part ways It was a decision made in peace owing to our different life goals and in the interest of moving forward with respect and dignity as two mature adults However there have been various baseless and completely ridiculous gossips on the matter so farNaga continued I have remained silent all this while out of deep respect for my earlier spouse as well as my family Today the claim made by Minister Konda Surekha garu is not only false it is absolutely ridiculous and unacceptable Women deserve to be supported and respected Taking advantage and exploiting the personal life decisions of celebrities for the sake of media headlines is shamefulrdquoTelangana minister Konda Surekha issues clarification on her controversial statementTaking to social media platform X the Congress leader said that her remark was in order to question KT Rama Rao for belittling women and not to hurt Samantha Prabhus sentimentsShe further stated that she would unconditionally retract her comments if she or her fans were offended by themMy comments are meant to question a leaders belittling of women and not to hurt your Samantha Prabhu sentiments The way you have grown up with selfpower is not only an admiration for me but also an idealIf you or your fans are offended by my comments I unconditionally retract my comments Dont think otherwise Surekha said