Sonu Sood organized flights and buses to bring migrants from Mumbai back to isolation
Mumbai:
On Sunday, Shiv Sena chief Sanjay Raut confronted actor Sonu Sood, claiming that the opposition BJP had supported the actor to portray the government of Uddhav Thackeray in a bad light by offering aid to migrant workers from northern India stranded in Maharashtra.
“Sood is an actor whose profession is to deliver dialogues scripted by someone else and to live by them,” said Mr. Raut in his weekly column “Rokhtokh” in the spokesman for the party Saamana. “There are many people like Sood who would promote any political party if they were paid well,” he said while indirectly referring to the “sting operation” before the elections. General of 2019 where the actor would have agreed to promote the BJP government on different platforms via his official social media accounts.
Strongly defending the state government, which also includes the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) and Congress, for its management of the migrant crisis, Sanjay Raut said: “No other state could have treated migrant workers the way they were taken over by the government of Maharashtra. “
“However, to portray the work of the state government in a bad light, Sonu Sood was deliberately promoted.” If anyone wants to go home, please contact me “was the attraction of the actor,” wrote Mr. Raut. “You don’t need a screen all the time to show off your acting skills as demonstrated by” Mahatma Sood, “” said Mr. Raut.
He said that no wise man would believe in the actor suddenly developing sympathy for the workers and dismissing them in large numbers.
The editorial comes after Sonu Sood organized buses, a flight for migrants stranded in Mumbai due to isolation and helped them return to their countries of origin.
Mr. Raut, who is the chief whip of the Shiv Sena in Parliament and the editor of Saamana, said: “The BJP (politically) adopted Sonu Sood and tried to create influence among migrant workers from the north of ‘India”.
“There is a person called Shankar Pawar, the head of Rashtriya Banjara Seva Sangh, who has been seen standing behind Sonu Sood in various photos. He has the huge system and network to send people home,” said M Raut, wondering how the actor was released when several state governments are struggling to bring their people back.
“The plight of migrant workers has also turned many people against the Modi government for its management of the coronavirus crisis,” said Mr. Raut, adding that it is necessary to know if the BJP has put on a mask of social worker on Sonu Sood and used it. to pursue his political designs.
People could soon hear Sonu Sood’s name on Prime Minister Modi’s “Mann Ki Baat” radio show, said Mr. Raut, adding: “Sonu Sood could even visit Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Delhi as an activist star of the BJP. “
However, CPN chief and interior minister Anil Deshmukh said Sonu Sood “had done a good job” in helping stranded migrants get home. Mr. Deshmukh of the NCP, who is part of the state government, was reportedly reported by ANI: “Actor Sonu Sood did a good job of sending many migrant workers home. I did not hear what Sanjay Raut sahab said. We will appreciate anyone who takes such good initiatives, whether Sonu Sood or anyone else. “
(With PTI entries)
