Maharashtra Congress President Nana Patole a few days back targeted superstar Amitabh Bachchan and superstar Akshay Kumar for silence on rising prices of petrol and diesel. He has raised the question that when fuel prices had increased during the Manmohan Singh government, these actors had criticized it on social media a lot. He has also described the Modi government of the Center as a dictator during his statement.
He had also accused these stars of not supporting the farmers' issues during the press conference. He asked why Big B and Akshay are silent on the issue of farmers? In the coming time, neither these actors' films will be shot in Maharashtra nor will their films be released.
Following this, Patole received lots of criticism on social media and from the BJP leaders. Now, Patole has yet again lashed out at Akshay and Amitabh. ANI quoted Patole who said, "I didn't speak against Akshay Kumar and Amitabh Bachchan but against their work. They're not real heroes. If they were, they would've stood beside people during their sufferings. If they want to continue being 'kagaz ke sher', then we don't have any problem."
"We haven't stepped back. We'll show black flags to them whenever their films are released or when we spot them. We'll follow democratic ways. We are not 'Godse wale' but 'Gandhi wale'," added Patole.
Following this, Security has been tightened at Amitabh Bachchan's resident, Jalsa in Mumbai after Maharashtra Congress chief remarks.