[2] Sitagu Sayadaw was lauded for his missionary and charity works, especially in the aftermath of Cyclone Nargis in 2008, which killed upwards of 100,000 in the country's delta regions.

"[10] In February 2021, the sayadaw had appeared not to affix his signature to a statement released by the Sitagu International Buddhist Academy in response to the then-days-old military coup and the ensuing protests against it.

In March 2021, however, the sayadaw, along with the other leading monks of the Shwekyin Nikāya, added his signature to a letter that urged Min Aung Hlaing to immediately cease the assaults on unarmed civilians protesting the takeover by the military and to refrain from engaging in theft and property destruction.

[11] The March letter gained notoriety for the discrepancies between its signed original draft and its final version, the latter which appears to have legitimized Min Aung Hlaing's rule through a veiled reference to him as king.

The sayadaw was criticized for having attended a religious-donation event on March 26, 2021, upon invitation from the State Administration Council (SAC), during which a ceremony was held in relation to a religious-construction project involving what is reported to become the largest marble Buddha statue in existence.