The coalition government in Maharashtra consisting of the Shiv Sena, NCP and the Congress, which had received many accolades from Bollywood celebrities at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, is now up in arms against some of the biggest stars in the film industry.
In a very menacing manner, Maharashtra Congress Chief Nana Patole threatened to stop the release of Amitabh Bachchan and Akshay Kumar’s films if they do not stand with the opposition on the recent fuel price hike in the country.
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Rahul & Sonia's key aide & Maha Cong chief Nana Patole threatens Amitabh Bachchan & Akshaye Kumar – This comes immediately after MVA initiated probe on Sachin & Lata didi's tweets –
Will Rahul sack him?
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Patole was angry after many top Bollywood actors came to support India over the issue concerning the Greta Thunberg ‘toolkit’ and the tweets sent by pop star Rihanna and popular porn star Mia Khalifa.
A while back, the Maharashtra government had instituted a probe against cricketing legend Sachin Tendulkar and iconic playback singer Lata Mangeshkar for a tweet. Both of them are the recipients of India’s highest civilian honour, the Bharat Ratna.
The two living icons had called for national unity through their official Twitter handles in the wake of the violence by protesting farmers in Delhi on January 26, and had also spoken on why foreign nations do not have the right to interfere in the internal matters of India.
Patole publicly berated Amitabh Bachchan and Akshay Kumar. Arguing that both the actors had taken a stand on fuel prices when the Congress-led UPA was in power, he said that they must now take a stand against the fuel price rise now. He said that the Congress will stop the shooting of films and added that there will be no screening of their films in the state.
Patole was the speaker of Maharashtra assembly and took over as the Congress chief in the state just a few days ago.
During the height of the Emergency, singer Kishore Kumar and his songs were banned from All India Radio because he did not support the unconstitutionally imposed Emergency by Prime Minister Indira Gandhi. Actor Dev Anand’s films were banned also from Doordarshan after he refused to praise Sanjay Gandhi, son of Indira Gandhi.
The lyricist Mazrooh Sultanpoori spent two years in jail for writing a poem criticising Jawaharlal Nehru.
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