Shekhar Suman said in an interview that it was "absolutely idiotic" to say that he was politicising Sushant Singh Rajput's death. "I went to Patna because I wanted to share his father's grief...[and] to gather political support for the movement I [started], #justiceforsushant," he added. "I needed support because nobody was coming forward from...industry to speak for him," Shekhar said.