MNS creates scene over Bachchan’s farmer posture
Superstar Amitabh Bachchan’s decision to retain the Lonavla farm land has offered Raj Thackeray’s Maharashtra Navnirman Sena another opportunity to take a dig at Big B.
By TNN |
MUMBAI: Superstar Amitabh Bachchan���s decision to retain the Lonavla farm land has offered Raj Thackeray���s Maharashtra Navnirman Sena another opportunity to take a dig at Big B.
The MNS stepped up its attack on Mr Bachchan, this time indirectly through a poster, mocking him for going back on his decision to donate his agricultural land to the farmers. Though MNS has not named Big B in the posters, the insinuation was clear.
The huge poster in Marathi showed a sketch of a man saying ���Majhe daan parat kara��� (return my donation). In the bottom was a tagline ���Superstar Shetkari��� (superstar farmer). Though the posters were put up on Wednesday night in Dadar areas, they went missing this morning. The MNS claimed that police had removed them.
Commenting on the posters, an MNS spokesman denied that the party was making fun of Big B and said: ���It was only to express our happiness that if a superstar can become a farmer, then it only indicates better and glamorous days for India���s farming community. Perhaps it might even halt farmer suicides.���
The MNS��� swipe at Big B comes in the wake of Mr Bachchan���s move to go back on his decision to donate the farm land which he bought in Pune from the farmers. In a letter addressed to the Sub-Divisional Officer (SDO) of Maval taluka on Tuesday, the actor had said he wanted to unconditionally withdraw his earlier decision to donate the land to the original owners.
This is for the second time that Big B has found himself at the receiving end of the MNS��� ire. The first time MNS targeted the superstar at a function last month when its leader Raj Thackeray alleged that Big B was more loyal to his home state Uttar Pradesh than Maharashtra.
The MNS stepped up its attack on Mr Bachchan, this time indirectly through a poster, mocking him for going back on his decision to donate his agricultural land to the farmers. Though MNS has not named Big B in the posters, the insinuation was clear.
The huge poster in Marathi showed a sketch of a man saying ���Majhe daan parat kara��� (return my donation). In the bottom was a tagline ���Superstar Shetkari��� (superstar farmer). Though the posters were put up on Wednesday night in Dadar areas, they went missing this morning. The MNS claimed that police had removed them.
Commenting on the posters, an MNS spokesman denied that the party was making fun of Big B and said: ���It was only to express our happiness that if a superstar can become a farmer, then it only indicates better and glamorous days for India���s farming community. Perhaps it might even halt farmer suicides.���
The MNS��� swipe at Big B comes in the wake of Mr Bachchan���s move to go back on his decision to donate the farm land which he bought in Pune from the farmers. In a letter addressed to the Sub-Divisional Officer (SDO) of Maval taluka on Tuesday, the actor had said he wanted to unconditionally withdraw his earlier decision to donate the land to the original owners.
This is for the second time that Big B has found himself at the receiving end of the MNS��� ire. The first time MNS targeted the superstar at a function last month when its leader Raj Thackeray alleged that Big B was more loyal to his home state Uttar Pradesh than Maharashtra.
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