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'Why was Sridevi wrapped in tricolour?' Raj Thackeray questions state funeral for actress

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Maharashtra Navnirman Sena chief Raj Thackeray, on Sunday, questioned why Sridevi was given a state funeral when she allegedly drowned in her bath tub after consuming alcohol. He was addressing party workers at a rally at Shivaji Park in Mumbai.

“Sridevi was a great actor, but what did she do for the country that her body was wrapped in the tricolour?" he asked. According to reports, he also alleged that the media attention was given to her to take the focus away from the Nirav Modi case. "Nirav Modi was the talk of the town, then the issue of Sridevi came in. This was brought to change the issue. "When a person like Sridevi dies, you wrap her in the tricolour and you say you did that because she was a Padma Shri. It was all fault of the Maharashtra government,” he said.

The 54-year-old, whose sudden death in Dubai sent shock waves throughout India, was given a state funeral with her body wrapped in the tricolour and a gun salute by the Mumbai Police on February 28.

Thackeray also took a jibe at actor Akshay Kumar and said that though the actor was talking about patriotism, he was a Canadian citizen. He also said films like Toilet Ek Prem Katha and Padman were a covert propaganda for government schemes.

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