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More than 30 Bollywood celebrities, including Jackie Shroff, Kailash Kher, Sonu Sood and Vivek Oberoi, were reportedly trapped in an undercover operation for agreeing to promote the party program on social media platforms in exchange for money, Cobrapost online portal
Cobrapost's Karaoke Operation reporters posed as representatives of a public relations company and met with actors, singers, dancers and television stars through their officials to reach an agreement before the next elections in Lok Sabha. [19659002] Aniruddha Bahl, editor-in-chief of Cobrapost, said at a press conference that 36 personalities were in agreement to post messages on their Facebook, Twitter and Instagram accounts in order to create a supportive environment for some political parties in view of the elections.
Celebrities, mostly stars of the second channel and television, agreed to tweet the content of various issues before posting the same message on their social media pages to make it look.
"They would defend the government even on controversial issues such as rape and fatal accidents such as the collapse of bridges." They were even willing to sign a false contract for product approval to conceal the real nature of the political proxy campaign that they were willing to make, "said Bahl.
According to Cobrapost, the party in question was, in most cases, the Bharatiya Janata party (BJP) and the Aam Aadmi party ( AAP), and Congress in some cases.
Many celebrities have agreed to share their PAN number and bank details, but preferred money, he said.
The media portal published a series of tweets containing videos of celebrities trapped in.
Sood published a statement t where he alleged that his conversation with outlet representatives was "improperly reproduced and projected".
"This is clearly a case of sabotage. The editing was altered and only certain elements of the conversation were used and projected in a bad light, "he said.
The actor stated that it was usual for brands political parties and businesses to use celebrity social media, and it is not wrong to promote them as long as people believe in the product and ideology.
Regarding the contract, I also made it clear that I wanted everything to be officially put on paper, that is, the usual protocol, "he added.
According to Cobrapost, most celebrities Did not blink before saying "yes" to the proposal, asking for a fee ranging from 2 lakh to 50 lakh per message. [19659002] "Some even advertised charges of 20 crores of rupees for a contract of eight months, and almost none of them said no to black money when we told them that a large part of their fees would be paid in cash, "said the point of sale. 19659002] Representing a fictional public relations agency and taking pseudonyms, Cobrapost's journalists asked these personalities if they would be willing to quietly promote a political party on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram.
In a statement on this subject, Cobrapost indicated that some of these personalities had tweeted without having been paid to "show their readiness".
Some celebrities have rejected Cobrapost's offer to promote a political party on social networks.
"When we approached Vidya Balan, Arshad Warsi, Raza Murad, and Saumya Tandon, we chose to do so with their conscience and immediately refused to play ball," he said. [19659002] Apart from Shroff, Kher, Sood and Oberoi, those who agreed to tweet for money included names like Shreyas Talpade, Sunny Leone, Shakti Kapoor, Ameesha Patel, Tisca Chopra, Rakhi Sawant, the TV star Pankaj Dheer and his sons Nikitin Dheer, Puneet Issar, Rajpal Yadav, Minissha Lamba, Mahima Chaudhary, Rohit Roy, Aman Verma, Koena Mitra and Rahul Bhat, among others
Singers Daler Me Hani, Mika, Abhijeet Bhattacharya and Baba Sehgal , choreographer Ganesh Acharya and comedians Rajpal Yadav, Raju Srivastava, Krushna Abhishek and Vijay Ishwarlal Pawar (VIP) were also on the list, and the list with his wife Gauri Pradhan told PTI: "All I can say , that is, we have not taken any 39; money. They wanted to give us money and get angry … They show a half conversation … the charges are fake like the Cobra Post. "
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