Railway Police stops Sonu Sood from meeting departing migrant workers at Bandra Terminus

Bollywood Actor Sonu Sood who has been helping migrant workers and underprivileged reach ir homes amid Coronavirus lockdown has been praised by his fans, peers and politicians as well for his efforts. Recently, Sonu Sood also found himself in middle of a tussle between political parties after Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut criticized him.

Sonu Sood stopped from going to platform

w, according to sources, Sood, who came to meet migrant workers at Bandra Terminus was stopped outside railway station by RPF (Railway Police Force) and was asked to return back. Sources said that incident happened around 8 PM on Monday when a Special Shramik Train bound for Uttar Pradesh from Bandra Terminus was about to leave and Sood was prohibited from going to platform.  Dabangg actor had to return without meeting migrants, sources added.

Meanwhile, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh came to defence of Sonu Sood after Sena criticized him. "Instead of lauding his work, government (Maha Vikas Aghadi) has criticised actor Sonu Sood for his efforts to send migrant workers back home. Maharashtra government should learn from UP and Karnataka on how to contain Coronavirus spread," he said.

CM Uddhav praises Sood's initiative

Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Sunday lauded actor Sonu Sood's initiative to arrange buses for stranded migrant workers. actor met Thackeray at latter's residence Matoshree in suburban Mumbai in night.

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meeting came on a day Thackeray-led Shiv Sena launched a scathing attack on Sonu saying he was "enacting a political script written by BJP". Sena MP Sanjay Raut had wondered wher BJP propped up Bollywood actor to "offer help" to migrant workers from rth India stranded in Maharashtra amidst lockdown, with political motive to show Uddhav Thackeray government in poor light.

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In his weekly column 'Rokhthok' in Sena mouthpiece 'Saamana' on Sunday, Raut questioned sudden rise of "Mahatma" Sood on social scene of Maharashtra during lockdown. Raut also referred to a "sting operation" against Sood ahead of 2019 general elections, saying he had agreed to promote BJP-led government at various platforms through his official social media accounts. Raut faced flak from Opposition BJP as well as allies Congress and NCP for his comments.

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(With PTI inputs)