Suresh Shyamlal Gupta
Occupation(s)politician, social activist
Known forAll Indian Cine Workers Association
Political partyIndian National Congress

Suresh Shyamlal Gupta is an Indian politician, trade union leader, and social activist. He is the founder and president of the All Indian Cine Workers Association (AICWA). He is the Mumbai President for the youth wing of the Indian National Trade Union Congress (INTUC), and one of the committee members of the Government of Maharashtra in the area of industries, labor, and energy.

As president of the INTUC body, he busted an illegal kidney racket at Hiranandani Hospital, Mumbai in 2016.[1][2] As president of AICWA, he objected to the Netflix web series Sacred Games for insulting former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi.[3][4] He announced a ban on Pakistani artists and singers in India following the 2019 Pulwama terror attack,[5] and an industry boycott of singer Mika Singh for performing at a wedding event in Pakistan after the Pulwama attack.[6]

Political career

In 2013, he was appointed as the Mumbai President of the Youth Wing of the Indian National Trade Union Congress (INTUC).[7] In 2014, he became the National Secretary of Youth Wing of the Indian National Trade Union Congress.


In 2016, he established the non-profit All Indian Cine Workers Association (AlCWA). He took the initiative to sort out the issues of artists, workers, or laborers of the Indian Film Industry with the support of MLA Radhakrishna Vikhe Patil (Opposition Leader – Maharashtra Legislative Assembly) in presence of Sambhaji Nilgekar (Labour Minister of Maharashtra) and other higher officers. At the meeting, the Government of Maharashtra decided to form a committee for welfare and rights of artists, workers, and laborers in Indian Film Industry, in which he became the employee representative of that committee.

AICWA aims at taking the voice of the workers to the government and fighting for their rights and heeding to the needs of the workers. Under his presidentship, the organization has raised issues and made demands related to the Indian film and television industry.

After a complaint was filed in Kolkata in July 2018 against the Netflix web series Sacred Games, its showrunners and lead actor Nawazuddin Siddiqui, for allegedly insulting former Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi in one scene,[8] Gupta, as President of AICWA, filed a complaint at Chembur police station,[9][10] A Public Interest Litigation on the matter was later filed in the Delhi High Court.[11]

Following the 2019 Pulwama attack attack by Pakistan-based terrorist organization Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) in Jammu and Kashmir, AICWA announced a complete ban on Pakistani actors and artists.[12][13] Gupta said the attack was "cowardly" and the most shameful act Pakistan has ever done, it will take strict action against anyone working with Pakistani artists.[14][15] In reciprocation of the ban, a petition was filed in the Lahore High Court seeking a ban on the trade of Indian films in Pakistan.[16][17]


AICWA protested against singer Mika Singh's performance at an event in Pakistan in August 2019, and boycotted him from any association with film production houses, music companies and online music content providers.[18][19] The Federation of Western India Cine Employees (FWICE) also issued the ban against him and his crew who performed at the event, but revoked the ban after he apologized.[20][21]

The matter of art director Raju Sapte's suicide was raised in the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly on AICWA's demand, following which a meeting was held under the leadership of Home Minister Dilip Walse-Patil and State Home Minister Satej Patil, and orders were issued for strict action against the culprits.[22]

Bust of illegal kidney trade

Suresh Gupta busted a kidney racket at Hiranandani Hospital, Mumbai in 2016. His efforts have led to a change in the law on kidney transplantation in Maharashtra. This incident resulted in the arrest of more than 20 people, including Hiranandani Hospital CEO Sujit Chatterjee, several doctors and agents.[23][24][25][1]

Certain types of keywords were being used for illegal kidneys in Hiranandani Hospital,[2] after which many illegal kidney rackets were busted in Maharashtra and many places in India. Fraudulent documents prepared for donors and recipients for an illegal kidney transplant that showed fraudulent family ties between them. High-profile people were involved in this case. Key witness and victim Sundar Singh Jatav, through a friend, approached Suresh Gupta for help uncovering this complex kidney trafficking network. Soon after the FIR was registered, Sundar started receiving death threats.[26][27]

After Jatav was found hanging at his home in 2016, Gupta demanded a CBI inquiry as he claimed it was not a case of suicide. Gupta alleged that bloodstains were found on the floor of Singh's residence.[7][28][29]

References

  1. 1 2 "Kidney for a price". theweek.in. Retrieved 9 January 2022.
  2. 1 2 "Illegal organ racket: Rajma for kidney, sauce for blood; code words agents used while discussing transplants". The Indian Express. 15 August 2016. Archived from the original on 15 August 2016.
  3. ↑ "Another Congress activist lodges complaint against 'Sacred Games'". Hindustan Times. 12 July 2018. Retrieved 9 January 2022.
  4. ↑ "'Sacred Games' team lands in soup again". Out Look.
  5. ↑ "Bollywood ban may hurt Pakistan more than India". BBC.
  6. ↑ "Singer Mika Singh banned from Indian film industry after his performance at a high profile event in Karachi". Bollywood Life. 14 August 2019. Retrieved 23 November 2021.
  7. 1 2 "Activist demands CBI probe into 'suicide' of kidney racket witness". DNA India. Retrieved 10 January 2022.
  8. ↑ "Nawazuddin abused Rajiv Gandhi on Netflix's Sacred Games: Bengal Congress leader". Hindustan Times. 10 July 2018. Archived from the original on 10 January 2021. Retrieved 8 January 2021.
  9. ↑ "'सॅक्रेड गेम्स'मध्ये राहुल गांधींनी असा मिळवला राजकीय पॉइंट". BBC News मराठी (in Marathi). Retrieved 9 January 2022.
  10. ↑ "Sacred Games: Another Congress activist lodges complaint against the show". India Today. Indo-Asian News Service. 12 July 2018. Retrieved 9 January 2022.
  11. ↑ HT Correspondent (8 August 2018). "Netflix will not change objectionable word in Sacred Games, Rajiv Gandhi line to remain". hindustantimes.com. Retrieved 15 May 2023.
  12. ↑ "Pulwama attack after-effects on Bollywood: Complete ban announced on Pakistani artistes, Shabana Azmi declines invite". DNA India. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
  13. ↑ "All Indian Cine Workers Association announces ban on Pakistani artists, actors after Pulwama attack". Hindustan Times. 18 February 2019. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
  14. ↑ ANI (18 February 2019). "Pulwama attack: All Indian Cine Workers Association announces ban on Pakistani artists, actors". news.abplive.com. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
  15. ↑ "All Indian Cine Workers Association bans Pakistani actors and artistes following Pulwama terror attacks". Bollywood Life. 18 February 2019. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
  16. ↑ Reporter, The Newspaper's Staff (22 February 2019). "LHC moved for ban on Indian films". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 9 January 2022.
  17. ↑ "Petition in Lahore HC seeks ban on exhibiting Indian films in Pakistan". The Week. Retrieved 9 January 2022.
  18. ↑ Ians (14 August 2019). "Mika Singh banned by All Indian Cine Workers Association after Karachi concert". The Hindu. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
  19. ↑ "Film body bans Mika Singh after performance in Karachi". The Week. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
  20. ↑ "सिंगर मीका सिंह के खिलाफ एआईसीडब्लूए ने किया विरोध प्रदर्शन". Aaj Tak (in Hindi). 19 August 2019. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
  21. ↑ IANS (22 August 2019). "Mika Singh apologises for his performance in Pakistan, FWICE withdraws ban". indiatoday.in. Retrieved 11 May 2023.
  22. ↑ "राजू सपते आत्महत्या मामला: अब उठेगा पूरी साजिश से परदा, गृहमंत्री पाटिल तक पहुंचा 'दबंगों' का मामला". Amar Ujala (in Hindi). Retrieved 12 January 2022.
  23. ↑ "Kidney racket: 3 more TOHA sections slapped on 5 docs held". DNA India. Retrieved 9 January 2022.
  24. ↑ "Kidney Racket: Hiranandani CEO, 4 Others Sent To 14-Day Judicial Custody". NDTV.com. Retrieved 9 January 2022.
  25. ↑ V. Narayan (11 October 2016). "Hiranandani Hospital: Kidney racket: Five Hiranandani doctors chargesheeted for criminal conspiracy | Mumbai News - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 9 January 2022.
  26. ↑ "He sold his kidney to settle a family debt. His fight for payment uncovered another organ racket in India". Washington Post. Retrieved 9 January 2022.
  27. ↑ "Duped into selling his kidney, this 23-year-old exposed an illegal organ racket in India". Los Angeles Times. 15 September 2016. Retrieved 23 January 2022.
  28. ↑ "Key witness in kidney racket case commits suicide near Mumbai". Hindustan Times. 9 January 2019. Retrieved 10 January 2022.
  29. ↑ Nishikant Karlikar (9 January 2019). "Man who helped expose kidney racket found dead | Mumbai News - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 10 January 2022.
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