Baba Siddique: Baba Siddique, who has been involved in politics for more than 40 years, got national recognition in the ''90s when he held the hand of Sunil Dutt and the second time he got recognition when he ended the Cold War between two Bollywood tycoons. The first thing was in 2013, when Salman and Shahrukh Khan came together to Baba's Iftar party, and Baba, seeing the opportunity, held the hands of both of them and took them to a corner and made them friends. Made them hug and shake hands.

When Baba Siddiqui made them friends, many bigwigs of the media industry were also present there. The scene of Baba's party created a stir across the country. The pictures and videos of that night went viral on social media. Even today, when he was murdered yesterday, everyone remembered that day.

Sanjay Dutt was the first one to reach the hospital.

Everyone knows about Salman-Shahrukh's friendship, but yesterday when Sanjay Dutt reached the hospital first, everyone asked why. That is because Baba was in the news in the 1980s when he joined actor-politician Sunil Dutt's Sadbhavna Yatra. Earlier, Sunil Dutt had gone on a peace march in the 1980s amid the rise of Sikh extremism and communal tension in the Golden Temple after Operation Blue Star.

On the occasion of Mahatma Gandhi's birth anniversary on 2 October 1984, a padayatra was organized from Mumbai to Amritsar which lasted for 78 days. It was during this historic padayatra that Prime Minister Indira Gandhi was assassinated. This was the yatra which made Baba Siddiqui a powerful leader. However, there were two other leaders in this yatra - Suresh Shetty and Baldev Khosa.

Associated with Congress since college days

He joined the Congress party from his college days and was also the president of the student wing and at a very young age, he also became a municipal servant in Mumbai. After being in Congress for 48 years, just before the Lok Sabha elections, he resigned from Congress and joined NCP. However, he did not give any concrete reason for resigning from Congress, but yes, he definitely said that Congress had used him. However, his allegation cannot be termed correct because he had also become MLA three times on a Congress ticket.

The intimate connection between Bollywood, politicians, and the underworld

Although not much has been revealed about Baba, but yes, he has definitely been in a mediating position between the underworld and Bollywood. His image was that of a celebrity leader. His popularity was clearly visible in Iftar parties. No leader or actor did not come to his Iftar party. Not only this, when Sanjay Dutt was in jail, Baba Siddiqui was always seen with Sunil Dutt. This is the reason why yesterday when the news of him being shot came, Sanjay was the first to reach the hospital.

However, some things have not come out in the open, so it is better to refrain from speaking about it that in a land case, Dawood, with whom he was once said to have good relations, had turned sour and then it was very quickly revealed that Dawood had threatened him that he would get the film 'Ek Tha MLA' made by talking to Ram Gopal Varma. By the way, it was popular for Baba that he was always available for the poor and the people of his area. During the time of COVID-19, he has helped people a lot with money, oxygen, and medicines. No one used to go empty-handed from his house or from him. He is popular in his area as a people's leader.