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New Delhi: Dozens of Mumbai stars, just below the list of Bollywood stars, were filmed for political propaganda offer in exchange for cash payments, ahead of the 2019 national elections.
The main actors in the chain are: Sunny Leone, Jackie Shroff, Sonu Sood, Amisha Patel, Rakhi Sawant, Mahima Chaudhry, Shreyas Talpade, Issar Puneet, Tisca Chopra, Roy Rohit, Minissha Lamba, Vivek Oberoi, Vivek Oberoi Bhattacharya , Kailash Kher, Mika Singh and Baba Sehgal; comedians Raju Srivastava, Sunil Pal and Rajpal Yadav; and choreographer Ganesh Acharya.
Last year, CobraPost made a similar presentation on major media houses, which agreed to spread pro-Hindutva programming at a price. Most of the topics in the new operation, entitled "Karaoke Operation", are powerful media. They are followed by millions of people – Sunny Leone alone has a Twitter account of nearly four million.
The fees charged for political promotions, Cobrapost indicated that the distance between Rs 2 and Rs 50 lakh per message. "Some even announced charges of 20 crores of rupees for an eight-month contract," said Cobrapost's chief Aniruddh Bahal.
Many artists have asked to be paid in cash. Bahal said the new attack six months after the portal had investigated black money in Bollywood had proved that nothing had changed in the entertainment industry.
Four notable exceptions: actors Vidya Balan, Arshad Warsi, Raza Murad and Saumya Tandon – refused to participate. the bait or the content to trick the fans into their true beliefs.
New Concert for List B
Cobrapost stated that his reporters approached 36 celebrities posing as employees of a public relations firm, representing three major parties – the Bharatiya Janata party (BJP), the Congress and the Aam Aadmi party. In most cases, they approached the featured artists through their official agents or their leaders.
Journalists asked if celebrities would be willing to quietly promote a political party on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. "Almost all of the celebrities above have agreed to do so for a fee," said Bahal. "Some of them even tweeted, without having been paid, to show their enthusiasm to our reporters."
They also offered to modify the content personally to make it look more like their true opinion.
celebrities proposed to "defend the government even on controversial issues" " Cobrapost and to" sign a false contract for the approval of products in order to conceal the true nature of the political campaign by proxy. "
The portal These celebrities have not only offered to keep the secret exercise in the shadows, but also to" promote the political party at their press briefings when promoting a movie or event. "
Many stars wanted only money
Some stars, like the actor and model Minissha Lamba, television personality Aman Verma and actor Shakti Kapoor, reportedly asked to receive the full amount in cash – a way to avoid any tax burden on their fees. [19659002] Lamba went disappointed when she learned that at least 20% of his expenses would be blank. " Lekin said the payment would be made entirely in cash," she said.
Verma was filmed on camera saying, "I'd love everything – in cash."
Shakti Kapoor, who praised the demonetization as a historic gesture, also asked to be paid in black and has stated: " Number one mat daalo mein (Do not pay the number one)."
Actor Mahima Chaudhary asked to be paid a crore, saying: " The BJP has a khhh bhi of sakti hai (the BJP can afford any matter), it can give a crore a month. "[19659002] Similarly, the actor Sonu Sood asked 20 crore of Rs for his services
Repeating the common lines
Cobrapost recalls that many artists have also revealed their true attitude towards community problems.
Bhattacharya would have taken advantage of the opportunity to mistreat Muslims and would have subscribed to the statement of offense. a BJP deputy based in Hyderabad, Raja Singh, in September 2016:
" Usne bola tha na, Rohingya ko itna kyon of rahe ho seedha goli maar do … Toh wo attitude hia chahiye … nahi hand boloonga Rohingya ko goli maar do, jo support karte hain unko goli maar do-pehle uno maaro baad mein unko maaro (He said why give shelter to the Rohingya, why not do not hesitate to shoot the Rohingya and those who support. First, kill their followers, then them.) "
Other artists were ready to cheat their fans by promoting paid music in a subtle manner
Choreographer Ganesh Acharya proposed to discuss dance in all his messages while addressing millions of his disciples. " Dekho kya hai na mera jo hai na … baat karni hai na dance ke liye tweet maroonga na toh lakhon tak pahunchati hai, karodon tak pahunchati hai (You see what happens … if I have to talk about dance
The actor Vivek Oberoi also evoked "the effect of training" that his message would have on the media
Accept The proposal of the journalists Cobrapost boasts, " Saare platform milaakar apne kareeb 25-30 direct followers of lak hain aur unka jo retweet have effect of training aata hai wo kareeban do-dhai karod ke kareeban ai. aata hai … toh hum kar sakte hain … frequency iski kya hogi? (I have 25-30 lakh direct followers on all platforms and their retweets produce a drive effect that reaches about 2-2,50 crore. About 10 times … so that I can to do it … with its frequency?) "[19659002] The portal indicates that Oberoi has about three million subscribers on all platforms. Bhattacharya has more than two million, Amisha Patel about six million, Mika Singh ten million – and Sunny Leonne more than 26 million followers.
Taking the Highest Road
Cobrapost Made It's time to recognize celebrities who refused to play ball.
"When we tried to briefer Saumya Tandon, Bhabi Ji Ghar's star By Hain on the phone, flatly rejected this idea," said Bahal. . Tandon said that joining a political party for his personal interest went against his principles.
Similarly, no persuasive actor worked on veteran actor Raza Murad, who dismissed the reporters, claiming he did not own a Twitter account and rejecting the idea of promoting surreptitious of a political party.
Arshad Warsi, through his supervisor, made it clear that he would not embark on a political campaign.
The unscrupulous promotion of political parties by celebrities, Bahal said, misleads the public and does not affect the fair. exercising their right to vote. He urged the Electoral Commission to regulate the proxy campaign of celebrities on social networks, making such transactions a crime, just like paid information.
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