Manoj Muntashir slams Jaya Bachchan's 'thali' comment, asserts need for 'draining venom'

Popular Bollywood lyricist Maj Muntashir took to Twitter to respond to Samajwi Party MP and veteran actor Jaya Bachchan's criticism of those maligning im of entertainment industry as he elaborated on words used by her. Jaya Bachchan strongly condemned people who spoke ill of film industry despite earning ir livelihood from it and said a phrase in Hindi which translates to 'do t make a hole in plate you're eating from', basically meaning 'do t bite hand that feeds you'. 

Maj, in his tweet written in Hindi, said, "If film industry is a plate, n it belongs to everyone. industry satisfies everyone's hunger and people work hard to earn ir bre. body survives on anyone's leftovers. industry has seal of approval of Constitution. It does t belong to any family, dynasty or generation". Alluding to drugs link in Bollywood, he ded in ar tweet, "If someone has served vem on plate, it becomes important to drain it out through a hole".

Here are tweets:

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Jaya Bachchan raises Bollywood in Parliament

Jaya Bachchan on Tuesday spoke in support of Bollywood industry on second day of Monsoon session in Parliament. Calling people's comments 'shameful,' Jaya Bachchan opined that just because of a few problematic people, name of entire industry should t be tarnished. She also called out people who have me ir names through industry but call it 'a gutter' saying, "People in entertainment industry are being flogged by social media. People who me ir names in industry have called it a gutter."

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"I completely disagree. I hope that government tells such people t to use this kind of langu. Just because re are some people, you can't tarnish im of entire industry. I am ashamed that yesterday one of our members in Lok Sabha, who is from film industry, spoke against it. It is a shame," said Jaya Bachchan.

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This comes after BJP MP Ravi Kishan h a day earlier raised drug links and nexus that has come to light alongside probe into death of Sushant Singh Rajput, which NCB is probing with some alacrity. Jaya Bachchan's reference to 'people who have me ir name in industry and called it a gutter' is almost certainly a reference to Kangana Ranaut, who me explosive claims alleging rampant drug use while speaking to Republic TV's Editor-in-Chief Arnab Goswami. 

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