They still question Big B on Modi, and get reply they don’t like

Is it relevant to still ask Amitabh Bachchan a bunch of question on his association with Gujarat as brand ambassador of state’s Tourism brand? Has Bachchan committed any crime by doing this? Is he answerable on this? Well, as if a specific brigade of journalists has nothing else to ask this great actor, they keep asking him on his association with Gujarat Tourism, as if Gujarat belongs to Pakistan!! Read following part of interview of Amitabh Bachchan. The full interview is on this link

What surprised everybody was your friendship with Narendra Modi. People thought you were earlier almost obsessively anti-communal. But Modi has a communal image.

Is there some kind of a constitutional law that says that somebody has some political belief and therefore you can’t be friends with him? Everybody has the freedom to be friends with anyone. You are talking about my role in promoting Gujarat, which is part of my country. Modi is a constitutionally elected chief minister of a state. Deny him that, and then talk to me.

Do you believe Narendra Modi is a secular man?

I would like to believe so. Why not? He just won an election, and the largest number of votes came from an area where he had a Muslim candidate. Once the country is constitutionally secular, why should you think otherwise? Even the BJP has Muslim leaders. We are one country. I’m promoting Gujarat. I’m not promoting Narendra Modi. If there were another CM, I’d still promote Gujarat. And I don’t charge for promoting my country. There were accusations made that I am doing it to win a BJP ticket for my wife, and build a film city there. Doh mahine tak aap logo ne gaali diya humko. Hua kya usme?

The programme has done extremely well in Gujarat. Gir forest has got full bookings this year. Some other state governments had said negative, rude things about my involvement in Gujarat. After they saw the results, they said, “Hey.”

So you are not wrong?

You tell me what am I doing wrong? If I want to promote a particular part of my country, is that wrong? Where are those who were accusing me of taking money, that I’ve taken Rs. 150 crore? I have documents to prove I have done it for free. I’ve done this for years. For Gwalior fort, Golconda fort, a fort in Tirupati, for Jallianwalla Bagh, for a Sikh museum. I am doing it for Akshardham. Just because I don’t talk about these things, people say whatever they like. Do you know Gujarat has the largest number of heritage sites in the country? Every time a celebrity gets involved in something, people always find a way to criticise. Never a good word.

You didn’t worry that your Muslim fan following would get upset?

Where are they upset? I’m not doing this to increase my fan base. My fans will go and see my films, and if they like it, they’ll watch again. I don’t think my fans are interested in who I’m associating with, or what I am politically. I am not communal. And I believe in the secular tenets of this country.

You’ll come back to politics at some point?

Never. I don’t know politics.

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