Under all round criticism, Bollywood stars Salman Khan and Madhuri Dixit today justified their participation in the Uttar Pradesh government’s cultural event in Saifai village, saying they were there for charity.

The government and the stars are facing public criticism for the extravaganza at the ancestral village of Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav and Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav, at a time when Muzaffar nagar riot victims are suffering.

47-year-old Salman, who drew the ire of online users with many tweeting to boycott his upcoming release ‘Jai Ho’, said his charity organization Being Human has donated Rs 25 lakh to the Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College & Hospital’ in the state.

“Whenever I visit a place for a performance or a promotion, I see it as an opportunity to help the locals in the areas of healthcare or education…” “And in Etowah, Being Human, on behalf of all artists who performed yesterday, has committed to fund 200 pediatric heart surgeries in UP… We have also contributed Rs 25 lakh to the Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College & Hospital for the purchase of an Echo Machine, Pediatric & neo natal ventilator and a portable X-ray machine for their pediatric cardiac ICU,” Salman wrote on his Face book page.

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