Actor Rakul Preet Singh slammed Telangana Minister Konda Surekha for allegedly using her name in a speech, asking the Congress leader to not use her name for gaining “political mileage.”
Taking to X (formerly Twitter) on Thursday (3 October 2024), Rakul Preet Singh shared a lengthy note. She said it pains to hear “baseless and vicious rumors” being spread about women of her fraternity. She added that the more “disheartening” fact is that these remarks were made by a woman in a responsible position.
This comes after Telangana Minister Konda Surekha linked former minister and BRS leader KTR to the divorce of Samantha Ruth Prabhu and Naga Chaitanya, accusing KTR of tapping phones of actresses and blackmailing them. Surekha accused KTR of being involved in drug-related parties, phone tapping, and blackmailing female actors. She also made comments on Rakul Preet Singh’s marriage.
In her post, Rakul Preet Singh said, “Telugu Film Industry is known worldwide for its creativity and professionalism. I’ve had a great journey in this beautiful industry and am still very much connected. It pains to hear such baseless and vicious rumors being spread about the women of this fraternity. What’s more disheartening is the fact that this is being done by another woman who’s supposedly in a very responsible position. For the sake of dignity, we choose to remain silent, but it is misconstrued as our weakness.”
Telugu Film Industry is known worldwide for its creativity and professionalism. I’ve had a great journey in this beautiful industry and still very much connected.
It pains to hear such baseless and vicious rumours being spread about the women of this fraternity. What’s more…
— Rakul Singh (@Rakulpreet) October 3, 2024
She also asked the Telangana Congress Minister not to use her name in a “malicious way” to gain “political mileage.” Rakul Preet Singh further added, “”I am absolutely apolitical and have nothing to do with any person/political party whatsoever. I urge you to stop using my name in a malicious way to gain political mileage. Artists and creative personalities should be kept out of political slugfest and their names should not be used to grab headlines by linking them with fictitious stories.”
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— chaitanya akkineni (@chay_akkineni) October 3, 2024
For those who don’t know, on Wednesday (2 October 2024), Surekha told reporters, “It is KT Rama Rao because of whom (actress) Samantha’s divorce happened. He was a minister at that time and used to tap the phones of the actresses and then find their weaknesses to blackmail them. He used to make them drug addicts and then do this. Everyone knows this, Samantha, Naga Chaitanya, his family – everybody is aware that such a thing happened.”
Following widespread criticism, Surekha clarified her remarks were meant to question KT Rama Rao for “belittling women,” and not to hurt Samantha’s sentiments. She said she would “unconditionally” retract her comments if Samantha or her fans were offended by it.
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