"Padmavati issue is raging today. People question me why Amitabh Bachchan, Shahrukh Khan or Aamir Khan are silent on Padmavati but I want that PM Modi and I and B Minister should speak on this issue before these celebrities do. Why is the PM not breaking his silence?", questioned Shatrughan Sinha, BJP MP from Patna Sahib.
The actor-turned-politician also slammed filmmaker Bhansali maintaining that if he had entered into an agreement with the Rajput groups in Rajathan to screen the film for them before its officially released, why is he going back on this? He also, in an veiled attack at Bhansali, said that a filmmaker should not distort history so much that a particular community's sentiments are hurt.
"Bhansali should come forward and speak on this issue. If there was an agreement between him and Rajput community to screen the film for them before its release, then he should screen the film for them first. If Bhansali says there is nothing controversial in the film then why is he shying away from screening the film for them", said the BJP MP.
When questioned on why he was speaking on issue of GST and state of the economy when he was not an expert, Sinha said he would use some humor to reply to this question and said if person like "Vakil Babu" (Arun Jaitley, Finance Minister) can speak on economy and a TV actress (Smriti Irani) can become HRD Minister, then why can't he speak on GST ? He said that GST was not about one nation, one law but one nation, many laws.
"Complicated GST is not one nation, one law but one nation, many laws. I am saying this in humor, when Vakil Babu can speak so much on economy and how TV actress can become HRD Minister? If all this can happen then why can't I speak on economy?", said Shatrughan Sinha.
Speaking on the release of Lashkar-E-Toiba chief Hafeez Sayeed from house arrest by Pakistan Supreme Court, Shatrughan Sinha said that the channels of dialog with Pakistan should never break under any circumstances.
"I respect the decision of Pakistan court on Hafeez Sayeed. I always believe that channel of communication must not be closed. Talks should always take place in every circumstances and in an uninterrupted manner. Dialog is the best way to resolve issues", said the BJP MP. .
He also took jibe at the ministers in the PM Modi cabinet maintaining that most of them were unknown faces and people did not even consider them as ministers.
"Most of the ministers have no identity. Most of them are not known and people do not even consider them ministers. There is one man (PM) show and two man army (PM and Amit Shah) in the country today", said Shatrugahn Sinha.
