V Hanumantha Rao says Arjun Reddy movie is encouraging consumption of drugs, asks KCR to stop screening

Senior Congress leader and former MP V Hanumantha Rao has once again demanded the Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao to stop the screening of Arjun Reddy movie in theatres.

Claiming that Arjun Reddy movie is encouraging drug use when the Telangana government is taking action against smuggling and usage of banned drugs, he said that the movie is giving a wrong message to the people.

VH, as he is popularly known, said that he has lodged complaints with the Censor Board and city police commissioner Mahender Reddy in this regard.

The Congress leader flayed Municipal Administration Minister KT Rama Rao for heaping praises on the movie.

Earlier last week, he had stopped an RTC bus in Hyderabad and tore the film’s poster stuck on it as the poster depicted the lead actors kissing as he said that they were responsible for corrupting the youth.

He reportedly said that such posters were responsible for corrupting the youth and ruining their future.

Arjun Reddy, directed by Sandeep Reddy Vanga, stars Vijay Devarakonda and Shalini Pandey in the lead roles.