The Dravidar Viduthalai Kazhagam (DVK) has made a complaint to the the Coimbatore police against actor Rajinikanth for defaming Dravida Kazhagam (DK) founder E.V. Ramaswamy, who is reverently called Periyar.
DVK has charged that Rajinikanth's speech at the 50th-anniversary function of Tamil magazine 'Thuglak' was defamatory and an insult to Periyar.
The complaint stated that RajiniKanth’s statement at the event that naked images of Lord Rama and Sita were displayed during a rally in 1971 in Salem led by Periyar was absolute falsehood.