BJP leader and former Madhya Pradesh minister Rajendra Shukla faced barbs from the opposition and trolling after he appealed actor Sonu Sood to help migrant workers from his area who were stuck in Mumbai. Sood has won accolades for arranging transport for migrant workers who are unable to go back home amid the nationwide lockdown for coronavirus.

Shukla, BJP MLA from Rewa, took to Twitter to seek the actor's help to bring back some workers. The BJP leader shared a list of migrants from Rewa and Satna districts of Madhya Pradesh who are stuck in Mumbai. Sood responded positively. "Your migrant brothers will send to you tomorrow Sir, if I ever come to MP, then offer me Poha," the actor tweeted back. Poha is a famous snack, popular in Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh. Shukla later said that 55 of 168 persons stuck in Mumbai could return following his request to Sood. However, social media users on Wednesday trolled Shukla, pointing out that the BJP is in power at the Centre and in Madhya Pradesh but its leader had to seek help from a Bollywood actor. Opposition Congress also targeted Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan.