On
March
24,
PM
Narendra
Modi
announced
a
nationwide
lockdown
of
21
days
to
control
the
spread
of
deadly
COVID-19.
After
Modi's
announcement,
many
people
in
the
country
are
obeying
his
orders
and
have
quarantined
themselves
for
three
weeks.
However,
some
miscreants
are
breaking
the
rules
and
roaming
on
the
road
for
no
reason.
Apart
from
that,
people
also
came
out
on
the
road
when
PM
Narendra
Modi
asked
to
light
diyas
and
torch
at
9
pm
for
9
minutes
from
their
balconies
to
show
solidarity
in
the
war
against
the
Novel
Coronavirus.
But
this
time
too,
some
people
broke
the
rule
and
came
out
on
roads
and
burnt
firecrackers.
Considering
this
issue,
Kamal
Haasan
shared
an
open
letter
to
PM
Modi
on
social
media
in
which
he
criticised
his
decision
of
21
days
lockdown.
Sharing
the
open
letter
on
his
Twitter
handle,
Kamal
Haasan
wrote,
"My
open
letter
to
the
Honourable
Prime
Minister
@PMOIndia
@narendramodi".
In
an
open
letter,
Kamal
Haasan
states,
"Respected
Sir,
I
pen
this
letter
as
a
responsible
but
dismayed
citizen
of
our
country.
In
my
first
letter
to
you
dated
23rd
March,
I
had
urged
the
government
to
not
lose
sight
of
the
plight
of
the
unsung
heroes
of
our
society,
the
most
downtrodden,
the
weak
and
the
dependent.
The
very
next
day,
the
nation
heard
the
announcement
of
a
strict
and
immediate
lockdown,
almost
demonetisation
style.
I
was
taken
aback
but
I
chose
to
trust
you,
my
elected
leader,
the
one
we
would
like
to
believe
knows
best.
I
had
chosen
to
trust
you
even
when
you
announced
demonetisation
but
time
proved
I
was
wrong.
Time
proved
you
too
were
wrong
sir."
Kamal
Haasan
praised
PM
Narendra
Modi's
mass
appeal.
He
stated
further,
"My
biggest
fear
is
that
the
same
mistake
of
demonetisation
is
being
repeated
albeit
at
a
much
bigger
scale.
While
demonetisation
led
to
loss
of
savings
and
livelihood
of
the
poorest,
this
ill-planned
lockdown
is
leading
us
to
a
fatal
combination
of
loss
of
both
life
and
livelihood.
The
poor
have
nobody
to
look
up
to
except
you
sir.
On
one
hand
you
are
asking
the
more
privileged
people
to
put
up
a
spectacle
of
lights
while
on
the
other
hand
the
poor
man's
plight
is
itself
becoming
a
shameful
spectacle.
While
your
world
lit
up
oil
diyas
in
their
balconies,
the
poor
are
struggling
to
gather
enough
oil
to
bake
their
next
roti."
"Your
last
two
addresses
to
the
nation
had
you
trying
to
calm
the
people
which
is
necessary
in
these
trying
times
but
there
is
something
more
urgent
as
well
as
important
than
that.
These
psychotherapy
techniques
can
address
the
first
world
anxiety
problems
of
the
'haves'
who
have
a
balcony
to
cheer.
But
what
about
those
who
don't
even
have
a
roof
on
their
heads?
I
am
sure
you
don't
want
to
be
a
balcony
government
only
for
the
balcony
people
by
completely
ignoring
the
poor
who
are
biggest
constituent
of
our
society,
our
support
system
and
the
foundation
on
which
the
middle-class,
the
well-to-do
and
the
rich
build
their
lives.
The
poor
man
never
makes
it
to
the
front
page
news
but
his
contribution
to
nation
building
both
in
spirit
and
in
GDP
cannot
be
ignored.
He
has
a
majority
stake
in
the
nation.
History
has
proven
that
any
efforts
to
destroy
the
bottom
has
led
to
the
toppling
of
the
top.
Even
science
will
agree
here!" Kamal
Haasan
added.
Talking
about
theconcern
of
middle-class
people
and
daily
wage
workers,
Kamal
Haasan
expressed,
"This
is
the
first
crisis,
the
first
epidemic
that
the
top
of
the
society
has
inflicted
upon
the
bottom.
And
the
topmost,
i.e,
you
sir
seem
interested
in
bailing
out
everybody
but
those
at
the
bottom.
As
millions
of
daily
wage
labourers,
house-helps,
street-cart
vendors,
auto-rickshaw
&
taxi
drivers
and
helpless
migrant
workers
struggle
to
see
light
at
the
end
of
the
tunnel,
we
seem
to
be
securing
only
an
already
well-built
middle-class
fortress.
Don't
get
me
wrong
sir,
I
am
not
suggesting
we
ignore
the
middle-class
or
any
one
segment.
In
fact,
I
am
suggesting
the
exact
opposite.
I
would
like
to
see
you
doing
more
to
secure
everybody's
fortress
and
ensure
that
nobody
goes
to
bed
hungry.
COVID-19
will
continue
to
find
more
victims
but
we
are
creating
a
fertile
playground
for
Hunger(H),
Exhaustion(E)
and
Deprivation(D)
of
the
poor.
HED
'20
is
a
malady
that
is
smaller
in
profile
but
far
deadlier
compared
to
COVID-19.It's
impact
will
be
felt
long
after
COVID-19
has
vanished."
The
actor
also
criticised
the
people
who
are
creating
problems
in
different
parts
of
the
country.
He
wrote,
"The
focus
on
merely
keeping
people's
spirits
alive
through
warm
and
fuzzy
campaigning
is
probably
leading
your
establishment
into
ignoring
certain
actionables
that
could
actually
save
lives.
Long
into
the
epidemic,
when
the
entire
country's
law
and
order
system
had
been
primed,
your
system
failed
to
stop
congregations
of
ignorant
and
foolish
people
in
different
parts
of
the
country.
These
have
become
the
biggest
hubs
for
the
spread
of
the
epidemic
in
India.
Who
is
responsible
for
all
the
lives
lost
due
to
this
negligence?"
Kamal
Haasan
said
that
PM
Modi
took
too
much
time
to
take
some
decisions
and
added,
"As
per
the
Chinese
government's
official
statement
to
the
WHO,
the
first
confirmed
case
was
reported
on
8th
December.
Even
if
you
concede
the
fact
that
the
world
took
a
lot
of
time
to
understand
the
gravity
of
the
situation,
by
early
February,
the
entire
world
knew
that
this
is
going
to
wreak
havoc
of
an
unprecedented
kind.
India's
first
case
was
reported
on
30th
of
January.
We
had
seen
what
happened
to
Italy.
Yet,
we
did
not
learn
our
lessons
early
enough.
When
we
eventually
woke
out
of
our
slumber,
you
ordered
an
entire
nation
of
1.4
bn
people
to
shut
down
within
4
hours.
A
mere
4
hour
notice
period
for
the
people
when
you
had
a
4
month
notice
period!
Visionary
leaders
are
ones
who
work
on
solutions
long
before
problems
become
big."
"I
am
sorry
to
say
that
sir,
this
time
your
vision
failed.
Furthermore,
your
government
and
its
appointees
seem
to
be
expending
all
their
energies
on
a
combative
response
to
any
feedback
or
constructive
criticism.
Sane,
well-wishing
voices
with
national
interests
in
mind
get
quickly,
intentionally
and
clinically
drowned
by
the
trolls
of
your
army
and
are
dubbed
anti-national,"
he
wrote.
Kamal
Haasan
also
warned
people
to
not
call
him
anti-national
for
criticising
PM.
He
states,
"I
dare
anyone
to
call
me
an
anti-national
this
time.
The
common
populace
cannot
be
blamed
for
being
ill-prepared
for
a
crisis
of
this
magnitude
but
you
can
be
and
shall
be
blamed
for
this.
The
government
is
appointed
and
paid
by
the
people
to
keep
their
lives
normal
and
safe.
Events
of
these
magnitude
get
etched
in
history
for
two
reasons,
one
being
the
devastation
(illness
and
death)
that
they
cause
due
to
their
core
nature.
The
second
being
the
long
term
impact
of
what
they
teach
humans
to
prioritise
and
the
kind
of
socio-cultural
changes
they
bring
about.
I
am
extremely
saddened
to
see
our
society
plagued
by
an
outbreak
that
is
far
more
dangerous
and
longer
lasting
that
any
virus
that
nature
has
ever
hurled
at
us."
However,
on
the
other
side,
Kamal
Haasan
also
confessed
that
he
is
on
PM
Narendra
Modi's
side.
He
concluded
his
letter
by
stating,
"Sir,
this
is
the
time
to
listen
to
voices
who
truly
care.
I
do
care.
It's
the
time
to
smudge
all
boundaries
and
give
a
clarion
call
to
everyone
to
come
on
to
your
side
and
help.
India's
biggest
potential
is
its
human
potential
and
we
have
tided
over
bigger
crises
in
the
past.
We
will
overcome
this
too
but
it
must
be
done
in
a
way
that
brings
everyone
together
and
doesn't
become
yet
another
reason
to
choose
sides."
Despite
saying
not
to
be
called
anti-national,
Kamal
Haasan
was
again
trolled
for
his
opinions
on
Twitter.
See
trolls:
Vandy
@DrsVandana
#KamalHaasan.
Very
easy
to
point
finger
at
a
leadership
which
has
the
guts
to
take
tough
decisions.
We
would
have
been
in
a
worse
situation
if
the
congress
aka
pappu
govt
was
in
power.
Thankless
fools
like
you
wont
cease
to
exist.
Amol
Ulhas
@AmolUlhas1
Your
original
chachi
420
as
ur
double
sided.
Speak
about
other
issues
too.
Appreciate
early
measures
taken
by
the
the
govt.
Never
seen
you
condemning
issues
like
delhi
nizamuddin.
Come
on
elections
r
not
in
a
month
or
two
#KamalHaasan
Gayathri
Raguramm
@gayathriraguram
Why
don't
you
write
a
letter
to
#Xijinping
and
#TabhleegiJamaat
how
they
failed?
And
write
a
letter
to
irresponsible
citizens
who
don't
obey.
Are
you
saying
@CMOTamilNadu
@Vijayabaskarofl
is
failing?
Write
letter
TN
MLAs
&
MPs.
if
u
have
problem
address
it
to
the
state
gov
first
Vineeta
Makhija
@powerofme
An
open
letter
from
#KamalHaasan
to
our
PM
#NarendraModi
ji.
Don't
know
why
is
every1
finding
faults.
He
clearly
mentioned
diya,
torch
or
even
phone
light.
I
stand
by
Modiji,
he
is
just
trying
to
keep
the
country
united
and
asking
every1
to
not
lose
hope.