Actor Prakash Raj who has been vocal against the Prime Minister and the BJP has sent a legal notice to Mysuru BJP MP Pratap Simha for trolling. In the legal notice sent by Prakash Raj's advocate, a tweet and facebook post by Pratap Simha on October 2 has been mentioned. Simha tweeted "Being sad due to son's death, having left your wife and ran behind a dancer, do you Mr. Raj have any right/legitimacy/worthiness to say anything to Yogi-Modi" Simha's tweet came a day after it was reported that Prakash Raj had lashed out at the Prime Minister for being silent on journalist Gauri Lankesh's murder. Saying that Prime Minister Modi is a "bigger actor" than him, he has also threatened to return his five National Awards.