Mumbai, Aug. 16 -- Shiv Sena Spokesperson Shaina NC has backed the Maharashtra Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) decision to issue notices to Bollywood actors Shah Rukh Khan, Ajay Devgn and Tiger Shroff over their advertisement for a chewing elaichi brand.

Speaking about the FDA's action, Shaina said that products such as gutka and pan masala are harmful to health and that steps taken by the authorities should be seen as being in the "public interest".

"... We all know how hazardous gutka and pan masala are to health. Our own leader, Eknathji Shinde, met with the FDA Commissioner, Tukaram Munde ji, a few days ago. And I think that every step taken in the right direction should be viewed as a decision in the public interest," she told...