Bollywood actor Sonu Sood landed himself in a fresh controversy on Saturday (20th July) as he came out in defence of a miscreant who was seen on camera spitting on rotis he was preparing for his customers. In a post on X, Sonu Sood equated the miscreant’s act of spitting on rotis to that of Ramayana’s Shabri who had tasted berries before giving them to Lord Ram. The Bollywood actor claimed that if Lord Ram could eat Shabri’s berries, why can’t he eat rotis that have been spat upon? He defended the act of spitting by describing it as an act of “Humanity”.
Sonu Sood wrote, “Our Shri Ram Ji ate the tasted berries of Shabri, so why can’t I eat them (rotis spat upon)? Violence can be defeated by non-violence, my brother. Humanity must remain intact. Jai Shri Ram”
However, his social media post soon triggered outrage from X users who called him out for defending the act of spitting on the customer’s food. Several X users pointed out that the intention behind Mata Shabri tasting berries was to give only sweet berries to Shri Ram, out of devotion to her Lord while the miscreant’s act was driven out of religious hatred.
Itna bhi defend maat karo, galat ko bhi sahi proof karne mein lage ho… pic.twitter.com/RbzWZVA4Ou
— Sambit (@legalSambit) July 20, 2024
सोनू सूद के मुंह पर कोई थूक दे तो वो कहते हैं कि बचपन में पिता खेलाते वक्त चूमते थे, उसमें भी थूक लग जाता था।
— Ankur Singh (@iAnkurSingh) July 20, 2024
मुंह पर थूकना तो प्यार दिखाने का तरीका है।
ओ सस्ते गाँधी, ये नाटक एक्टिंग फ़िल्मी में अच्छी लगती है यहाँ सबको पता है कि ये बकचोदी कर कर रहे आप।
— Gareeboo (@GareeboOP) July 20, 2024
माता शबरी रामभक्त थीं और उन्होंने बेर द्वेषवश झूठे नहीं किए थे। वे तो केवल अपने भोलेपन में यह जानने के लिए कि बेर मीठे हैं या नहीं, चखकर श्रीराम को दे रही थीं।
— THE SKIN DOCTOR (@theskindoctor13) July 20, 2024
वीडियो में दिखाया गया व्यक्ति न तो अपने ग्राहकों से प्रेम करता है और न ही वह इसलिए थूक लगा रहा है कि रोटी का स्वाद चख…
An X user, Rosy, requested Sonu Sood to visit the said dhaba and make a video of himself eating the spit-soiled rotis.
Hi Sonu Sood .. Waiting for you to go to this Dhaba and eating these Thooki hui rotis and posting FULL video.
— Rosy (@rose_k01) July 20, 2024
Restaurant ja ke ke thook lagi roti order karna aur video tweet karna
— Ankit Jain (@indiantweeter) July 20, 2024
Several users also objected to his analogy where he equated the miscreant with Shabri and by extension likened himself with Lord Shri Ram.
Political analyst Abhishek Tiwari responded to his post saying, “The miscreant roti-maker is not Mata Shabri and you aren’t Ram.” Mata Shabri is the symbol of love, this person is spitting in hatred, he added.
सोनू बकचोदी अपनी जगह और सत्य अपनी जगह ये रोटी बनाने वाला न तो माता शबरी है और न ही तुम राम ?
— The Abhishek Tiwary Show (@atsshow7) July 20, 2024
माता शबरी प्रेम की प्रतीक है ये घृणा में थूक मिला रहा है ।
Hey @SonuSood,
— Bhairav (Modi Ka Parivar) (@xBhairav) July 20, 2024
Thookers ≠ Shabari.
धन्यवाद 🙏 pic.twitter.com/osu2Fn9jRv
इन राक्षसों की तुलना शबरी से करते हुए शरम नहीं आई तुम्हें ? बैलबुद्धि है क्या ?
— सृष्टि (@ShrishtySays) July 20, 2024
Shame on you for this Bizarre comparison of Prem of Shabri vs Thuk J!;had just to prove your one sided secular ideology
— Nandini Idnani 🚩🇮🇳 (@nandiniidnani69) July 20, 2024
U don't have respect for those Kanwariya who follow Satvik food their tapasya worship of many days is nothing for you
Disgusting
Another user wrote, “Shame on you for this Bizarre comparison of Prem of Shabri vs Thuk J!;had just to prove your one-sided secular ideology. U don’t have respect for those Kanwariya who follow Satvik food, their tapasya worship of many days is nothing for you. Disgusting”
It is pertinent to note that Sonu Sood made the post in the wake of recent order passed by the Uttar Pradesh government where it has asked eatery owners and operators, falling on the route of Kanwar Yatra, to display their names. Earlier, it was alleged that several miscreants were running their eateries/carts under false Hindu names which at times created a law and order situation. Reacting to it earlier, Sonu Sood argued that eateries should have nameplates displaying ‘Humanity‘ as their identity. He made the recent controversial post while reacting to a user who highlighted that the UP government’s order asking food vendors to display names is important as some miscreants had been accused of spitting in customers’ food.
