With a number of voices rising for or towards the identify change of India to Bharat, actor Amitabh Bachchan has seemingly chosen a aspect. Amid all the thrill surrounding the change, Amitabh made a telling tweet on Tuesday afternoon.
Amitabh’s tweet
Amitabh tweeted, “Bharat mata ki jai (Hail mother Bharat),” in Hindi. He additionally added a Tricolour emoji and a pink flag emoji to his tweet. The tweet acquired 7,000 likes in simply half-hour. Whereas many reacted to his submit in assist, some additionally requested why he had made such a tweet.
India vs Bharat debate
The thrill round India’s identify change began with screenshots of a dinner invite being circulated on social media. The invite for a G20 dinner on September 9 was within the identify of ‘President of Bharat’ as an alternative of the standard ‘President of India’. Many political leaders raised objection to the identical.
Congress chief Jairam Ramesh stated the Article 1 within the Structure can learn “Bharat, that was India, shall be a Union of States” and accused the federal government of assaulting the concept of Union of States. BJP leaders hailed using Bharat.
BJP MP Harnath Singh Yadav stated the complete nation is demanding that the phrase ‘Bharat’ ought to be used as an alternative of India. “The word ‘India’ is an abuse given to us by the British whereas the word ‘Bharat’ is a symbol of our culture…I want there should be a change in our Constitution and the word ‘Bharat’ should be added to it,” he said.
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma hailed the Republic of Bharat. “REPUBLIC OF BHARAT – happy and proud that our civilisation is marching ahead boldly towards AMRIT KAAL,” he stated in a tweet.
Updates on Amitabh Bachchan
Amitabh has recently been busy with Kaun Banega Crorepati season 15. Lately, h hosted West Bengal chief minister Mamata Bannerjee at his dwelling in Mumbai. His whole household, together with spouse Jaya Bachchan, son Abhishek, daughter in legislation Aishwarya Rai, daughter Shweta Bachchan and his grandkids had been additionally current for the assembly.
