With the Congress dubbing as
illegal, unethical and immoral Bollywood megastar Amitabh Bachchan hosting an
event to celebrate the NDA regime's two years in office, Bharatiya Janata Party
(BJP) leader Subramanian Swamy on Thursday said this reflected the 'utter
hypocrisy' of the grand old party as its top brass is presently out on bail
following charges of cheating and conspiracy.
Swamy said this is utter hypocrisy
because Congress president Sonia Gandhi and party vice-president Rahul Gandhi
are presently out on bail.
"They have been proved prima
facie guilty of cheating, criminal misappropriation, fraud, conspiracy. And
they had to come to court to get bail and give surety and today they are
talking about Amitabh Bachchan because there is some enquiry going on,"
Swamy told ANI.
"Enquiry is going on against
so many people. This does not mean that they will be presumed guilty, not even
prima facie guilty. So, how can the Congress talk when their own leaders are
out on bail?" he added.
The Congress on Wednesday
questioned Centre's decision of selecting the megastar to host the show, likely
to be attended by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and said this step might send
wrong signals to the investigating agencies probing the Panama paper leaks.
"We have no objection to
Amitabh Bachchan hosting the NDA programme, but what signal will it send to
investigation agencies?" said Congress spokesperson Randeep Surjewala.
The Bollywood megastar's son and
actor Abhishek Bachchan, however, downplayed the entire controversy yesterday
and said that his father would be hosting only a part of the event where he
would be talking about educating the girl child.
"He (Amitabh Bachchan) is not
hosting any political event. He is part of a function and is talking about
educating girl child and I think that's not a political event," he said.
The five-hour long event beginning
at 5 p.m. at the iconic India Gate on May 28 will highlight the achievements of
the BJP-led NDA regime in the last two years in office.
Reports, however, not suggest that
actor R. Madhavan and not Amitabh Bachchan will be hosting the event.
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