Goa BJP Leader Urges Govt To Take Back Padma Awards Of Actors Endorsing Tobacco Products
They should be ashamed of promoting carcinogenic products causing cancer in a surrogate/indirect way, said Salkar.
The famous Zubaan-Kesari ads have gained popularity over time. People's reactions have also been' extreme, with A-listers like Ajay Devgn, Shah Rukh Khan, and Akshay Kumar headlining the ad campaigns.
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A few days ago, Akshay Kumar became the new entrant in the 'Zubaan Kesari' universe, and people slammed him.
@akshaykumar bolo zuban Kesari, akki Rocks !!! pic.twitter.com/impu76GmOu
¡ª Religion is Indian? (@unconfinedSoul) April 20, 2022
Puke worthy...???
¡ª Myworldsushant (@Shillpa9999) April 20, 2022
Aise ghatiya logon pe thookta hai india ,bina zuban kesari khaaye!!! https://t.co/T0Oer2fYqZ
Watching SRK, Ajay Devgan and Akshay Kumar combined in a bimal ad makes me feel sad for the people who still idolize them as the true heroes of the country. Period. pic.twitter.com/DgP4JormQR
¡ª deepesh patel (@deeppatel_og) April 19, 2022
Goa BJP's medical cell convenor, Shekhar Salkar, has urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to take back the Padma awards of Bollywood celebrities who endorse tobacco products.
Dr. Salkar works for a voluntary organization working for the cause of tobacco eradication.
Those actors who push the younger generation towards the cancer through their surrogate advertisements should be striped off of their national honours. pic.twitter.com/3FcWcIa6T9
¡ª Dr Shekhar Salkar (@dr_salkar) April 20, 2022
In a series of tweets, he mentioned Bollywood actors Amitabh Bachchan, Ajay Devgn, Akshay Kumar, and Shah Rukh Khan and why they should give back their Padma awards for featuring in surrogate advertisements promoting tobacco products.
"I have no words to condemn the way Akshay Kumar has joined the gang of Amitabh Bachchan, Shah Rukh Khan, and Ajay Devgan to promote cancer through a surrogate advt of tobacco product. Ironically, all these people are Padma award winners," Salkar Tweeted.
I have no words to condemn the way Akshay Kumar has joined the gang of Amitabh Bachchan, Shahrukh Khan, Ajay Devgan to promote cancer through a surrogate advt of tobacco product. Ironically, all these people are Padmashri award winners. (more)
¡ª Dr Shekhar Salkar (@dr_salkar) April 20, 2022
"While @PMOIndia is working overtime to make India healthy through the Fit India movement, these so-called influencers humiliated the entire mission with their surrogate advt trapping the younger generation into tobacco consumption. Do these actors really deserve Padmashri," asked Salkar, an office-bearer of the National Organisation for Tobacco Eradication.
Calling the Bollywood A-listers 'disgraced and dishonorable', he added,
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"People have put their faith in these disgraced, dishonorable actors who have sold their soul and ethics to make money at the cost of minds of innocent youth who emulate them and get adversely influenced and initiated to tobacco consumption," he added.
Bachchan is the Padma Vibhushan award recipient, while Khan, Devgn, and Akshay Kumar have been awarded the Padmashri award, the country's fourth-highest civilian honor.
(With agency inputs)
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