By Hindustan Times
A Rajasthan minister has hit out at Bollywood star Aamir Khan for sensationalising female foeticide cases within the state, saying the federal government was already engaged on the problem before the actor's campaign.
Minister of state for health, Rajkumar Sharma said that it was not right at the a part of Aamir to focus on Rajasthan because the only state where the cases of female foeticide are rampant.
"There was an impression that the federal government has swung into action after Aamir Khan's campaign but to clarify, I WANT to focus on that the federal government is already working for a similar. Budget announcements to test foeticide are there and a number of other steps are being taken," Sharma told PTI.
"The government took up the problem much before Aamir Khan's programme. It isn't on account of him that the federal government is operating against female foeticide."
Sharma said that the actor must work on ground level to prove his commitment to the issue.
"He (Aamir) himself has said that he's an entertainer and can't work longer on one topic, that simply means what he's doing is for monetary gains. If he really desires to work in this issue then I welcome him to work here on ground," Sharma said.
Khan took up the problem within the first episode of his TV show 'Satyamev Jayate' aired on May 6 and in addition met Rajasthan chief minister Ashok Gehlot to request him to form a quick track court to expedite cases associated with the issue.
