In the midst of the commotion around India’s name change, Amitabh Bachchan tweets “Bharat mata ki jai.”

In the midst of the commotion around India’s name change, Amitabh Bachchan tweets “Bharat mata ki jai.”

On social media, a dinner invitation from the ‘President of Bharat’ for the next G20 conference quickly went viral. Amitabh Bachchan, an actor, appeared to respond to it on X.

Mumbai : 

Actor Amitabh Bachchan appears to have taken a stance amid the clamor for and opposition to India’s renaming as Bharat. Amitabh sent a poignant tweet on Tuesday in the midst of all the commotion surrounding the shift.

“Bharat mata ki jai (Hail mother Bharat),” Amitabh tweeted in Hindi. He also included a red flag and a Tricolour emoji in his tweet. Within just 30 minutes, the tweet had 7,000 likes. While many people responded to his statement with support, others questioned why he had tweeted in this manner.

India vs Bharat debate
Screenshots of a dinner invitation that were being shared on social media in the lead-up to India’s name change created a stir. Instead of the customary “President of India,” the invitation to the G20 dinner on September 9 bore the moniker “President of Bharat.” Numerous political figures voiced opposition to the same.

Jairam Ramesh, a leader in the Congress, claimed that Article 1 of the Constitution might read, “Bharat, which was India, shall be a Union of States,” and he accused the administration of undermining the concept of a Union of States. Leaders of the BJP praised the use of Bharat.

BJP MP Harnath Singh Yadav said the entire country is demanding that the word ‘Bharat’ should be used instead 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.