Protests over Soundarya Rajinikanth's appointment as brand ambassador of AWBI spreads to Kuwait

Soundarya Rajinikanth, through her media group released a statement clarifying her post with AWBI denoting that she had nothing to do with Jallikattu.

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brand ambassador of AWBI.
brand ambassador of AWBI.

In Short

  • Protests on Soundarya Rajinikanth appointment to the AWBI have spread to Kuwait.
  • AWBI is seen as the group responsible for a ban on Jallikattu.
  • Soundarya Rajinikanth clarified that she had nothing to do with Jallikattu.

Major protests unfolded in Tamil Nadu a few days ago against the decision to appoint Soundarya Rajinikanth as the brand ambassador of the Animal Welfare Board of India (AWBI).

Various pro-Tamil organisations marched together in Trichy on the 20th of September demanding that Soundarya Rajinikanth quit her position with AWBI as they held the organization responsible for engineering a ban on Jallikattu, a traditional annual bull fighting sport.

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PROTESTS SPREAD TO KUWAIT

A group of Tamilians residing in Kuwait, also held a protest condemning Soundarya Rajinikanth becoming the brand ambassador of AWBI. The confused and angry mob tore her pictures apart. Things took an awkward turn when the angry group mistakenly denounced her assosiations with PETA instead of AWBI.

The group wanted to make it clear that they were not attacking her because she was a famous cinema personality but instead because she worked for an organisation that was against the interest of Tamilians.

SOUNDARYA RAJINIKANTH RESPONSE

Soundarya Rajinikanth, through her media group released a statement clarifying her post with AWBI denoting that she had nothing to do with Jallikattu. However, the pro-Tamil groups were not ready to accept her explanation. They maintained that she was going against her father Rajinikanth who had endorsed Jallikattu through several of his movies.

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