Celebs ‘caught’ tweeting for parties in lieu of cash

New Delhi, February 19

More than 30 Bollywood celebrities, including Jackie Shroff, Kailash Kher, Sonu Sood and Vivek Oberoi, have allegedly been caught in a sting operation for agreeing to promote the agenda of parties on social media platforms in exchange for money, online portal Cobrapost claimed on Tuesday.

Cobrapost had its reporters posing as representatives of a PR company and meeting actors, singers, dancers and TV stars through their managers to allegedly strike a deal ahead of the Lok Sabha elections.

At a press conference here, Cobrapost chief Aniruddha Bahl said the sting revolved around 36 celebrities.

“They would defend the government even on controversial issues such as rape and fatal accidents. They were even willing to sign a dummy contract for endorsement of products to disguise the real nature of the proxy political campaigning they were willing to do,” he said.

Sood released a statement, alleging his conversation with outlet’s representatives was “wrongly reproduced and projected.” — PTI