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BJP criticised Sanjay Raut for attacking Sood for
helping out stranded migrant workers during Covid crisis.
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Mumbai(Agencies): Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut on
Sunday criticised Bollywood actor Sonu Sood, who has been widely appreciated
for helping hundreds of stranded migrant workers home, as a Bharatiya Janata
Party (BJP) stooge and prospective star campaigner for the party.
In his Sunday column, ‘Rokhtok’ in the Sena mouthpiece
Saamna, Raut questioned how Sood managed to arrange for buses and flights when
many state governments were found to be helpless during the lockdown.
Raut, in his piece titled “Ekta Sonu Sood Khara”, meaning
‘only Sonu Sood is real’, indicated that the BJP was helping the actor from
behind the scenes to make him a “Mahatma” and soon he would be seen as star
campaigner of the BJP.
Raut said Sood had managed to send 177 girls, stuck in
Kerala’s Ernakulam, in a special plane to Bhubaneshwar in Odisha. Raut alleged
that since Sood was not able to find a plane in Kerala, a special plane was
flown from Bengaluru to Kochi. Raut asked if it was possible for Sood to pull
this off without political, government and administrative backing.
“The Maharashtra
government has formed a separate cell to send migrant workers to their native
places. But, there is a campaign playing out, saying whoever wants to go back
home should send a message on this (number) with your mobile number. Sonu Sood
will send you home. This has been deliberately organised. A huge political
machinery is on the job from behind. A picture is being created that the
government is doing nothing but Sonu Sood is,” states the article.
“What machinery did
he (Sonu Sood) have (at his service) to send thousands of workers to their
homes? The one who was behind this is Shankar Pawar. He is the chief of
Rashtriya Banjara Sewa Sangh but he is merely a face,” Raut stated further.
BJP slammed Raut for his comments. BJP leader Ram Kadam
said, “This is an extremely unfortunate comment by Raut. It shows the extent of
failure of the Maharashtra government in handling Covid-19. If an actor is
helping out migrants using his own money, what is Sena’s problem with this? He
is doing their job.”
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