After Shiv Sena’s protest at BCCI office, Kasuri book release function and Ghulam Ali concerts, films starring Pakistan artists have become latest target of the political outfit.
We have taken a stand that we won’t allow any Pakistani actor, cricketer or performer to step on Maharashtra’s soil. Shiv Sena won’t let the Pakistani actors (Mahira Khan in Raees and Fawad Khan in Ae Dil Hai Mushkil) promote their upcoming films in Maharashtra.
— Akshay Bardapurkar, general secretary of the Shiv Sena Chitrapat Sena, the film wing of the party
In the last few weeks, Sena has hit national headlines with its protest against Pakistani ghazal singer Ghulam Ali’s concerts in Pune and Mumbai which were consequently cancelled, ink attack on former BJP ideologue Sudheendra Kulkarni and opposition to release of former Pakistan foreign minister Khurshid Kasuri’s book, as well as protest at BCCI office over the planned visit by Pakistan Cricket Board chief.
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