Though the Shiv Sena's break-away outfit did not name the Big B in the posters, the insinuation was clear. The poster showed a sketch of a man, with 'Majhe daan parat kara' (return my donation) written in Marathi. At the top, 'Superstar Shetkari' (superstar farmer) was written.
The cartoon posters were put up last night in Dadar, in central Mumbai. However, the posters were missing this morning. The MNS claimed that the police had removed them.
Commenting on the posters, an MNS spokesman denied that the party was making fun of Amitabh and said, "It was only to express our happiness that if a superstar can become a farmer, then it only indicates better and glamorous days for the farmers of India. Perhaps it might even halt farmers' suicides," he said.
The MNS swipe on Amitabh comes in the wake of latter's move to go back on his decision to donate the farm land, which he bought in Pune from the farmers. In a letter addressed to the sub-divisional officer (SDO) of Maval taluka on Tuesday, the actor had said he wanted to unconditionally withdraw his earlier decision to donate the land to the original owners.
This is the second time that Amitabh has become a target of MNS. The party had targeted the actor at a function last month when Raj Thackeray alleged that Amitabh was more loyal to his home state, Uttar Pradesh, than Maharashtra.