From promoting nepotism to ignoring Sushant Singh Rajput in public: Know why late actor's fans lashed out at Salman Khan

Salman Khan is one of the names who has been facing fan wrath after actor Sushant Singh Rajput committed suicide exactly a week back. The actor has tweeted to his fans, to let Sushant Singh Rajput fans mourn and that they should stand with those fans and support them. Khan, however, has been constantly under fan radar for ignoring Sushant at a public event, and promoting nepotism instead.

A video of Salman Khan ignoring Sushant Singh Rajput on a public platform - IIFA awards ceremony, has been going viral. Not just that, fans have been constantly accusing Salman Khan of promoting a product of nepotism, Sooraj Pancholi, and banning Sushant from the industry.

Here are some tweets proving the same:

Sushant talking about his inspiring journey "From a background dancer to nominated in best actor category at iifa and Salman completely ignoring his existence, didn't even clap once for his speech. This is not the way to appreciate a self made newcomer #SushantSingRajput pic.twitter.com/4sJwCdMbPd

— Abhi! (@abhiraj1717) June 20, 2020

Example of how bollywood treated Sushant...
Salman and others completely sidelining Sushant you can see even when he was one of the best dancers.
He deserved so much better.
SHAME ON THEM#ArrestMurdererOfSushant
pic.twitter.com/TGVwyGzcXD

— Akki Ka Deewana~SK (@DeewanaAkkiKa) June 20, 2020

Sushant Singh
- Acting Skills - 100
- hard work - 100
- Self made
Didn't win any Filmfare awards

Sooraj Pancholi
- Acting Skills - 0
- Hard work - 0
- Nepotism product
But won Filmfare award #ArrestMurdererOfSushant pic.twitter.com/WkNZo06Xrg

— (@Akshays_Storm) June 20, 2020

Like Alia and Sonam, Salman Khan has been accused of asking 'Who is Sushant?' to his team, when reports of him working on a film with Sushant made rounds on the internet. In protest, fans from Bihar demanded his face be removed from Being Human hoarding there, which actually happened.

Take a look:

"ye Salman khan ka photo kal hatt jana chaiye..Salman khan murdabad" MOOD IN BIHAR #SalmanKhan #SalmanKhan #JusticeForSushantSinghRajput pic.twitter.com/NqqODtkgw3

— Aryan pandey (@Aryann45_) June 18, 2020

For the uninitiated, a lawyer has filed a case against eight Bollywood celebrities, including Salman Khan, in Bihar's Muzzafarpur local court. Kangana Ranaut would be a witness to the case. Through a video, she had recently accused Bollywood celebrities of breaking Sushant Singh Rajput to the point of his demise.

After the wave of incidents in protest of Salman Khan, the superstar tweeted, "A request to all my fans to stand with Sushant's fans n not to go by the language n the curses used but to go with the emotion behind it. Pls support n stand by his family n fans as the loss of a loved one is extremely painful."

Here's his tweet:

 June 20, 2020

Soon after Sushant Singh Rajput's untimely death, Jiah Khan's mother had come on video to accuse Salman Khan of interfering Jiah's suicide investigation. She alleged that the actor had called the CBI officer and stated not to harass Sooraj Pancholi because a lot of money was invested behind the movie 'Hero'.

On the other hand, 'Dabangg' director Abhinav Kashyap also wrote a Facebook post accusing Salman and his family of trying to sabotage his career, stating that he walked out of 'Dabangg 2' because of being bullied by them. He stated that talent agencies like YRF break talented artists till they either commit suicide or resort to escort services.