Jackie Shroff reacts to India name change to Bharat- ‘Naam badlega, hum thodi badlege’
Jackie Shroff reacts to India name change to Bharat- ‘Naam badlega, hum thodi badlege’
The row over India name change to Bharat continues. Apart the politicians opposing, even it has impacted Bollywood. Actor Jackie Shroff is the latest celebrity to talk about the row He said that he, too, is given different names by people.
Jackie Shroff is very much aware that whatever the country’s name may be, its people will always be the same. At an event in Delhi, when.Jackie was asked for his opinion on the buzz around India’s name change to Bharat. Jackie delivered some words of wisdom in his trademark style.
Bollywood actor Jackie Shroff knows the people of India and Bharat will be the same.(AFP)
Speaking to the media, Jackie said at the Planet India campaign event, that there is nothing bad in calling it Bharat. India is India, Bharat is Bharat. My name is Jackie but some people call me Jockey of Jaykee. They mess up my name but I won’t change who I am inside. Names could change but we won’t. He was holding a potted plant in his hand as he said this.
It was eventually, the invitations extended by President Draupadi Murmu to heads of state, government, and chief ministers of states for an official banquet during the G20 Summit in New Delhi that sparked a row over word ‘India’ to ‘Bharat’.
Rather than the customary ‘President of the Republic of India’, the term ‘Bharat’ was used, triggering speculation within political circles, particularly among members of the Opposition INDIA alliance.
A day before Jackie’s statement, Amitabh Bachchan’s latest tweet caught the attention of fans. Taking to X (formerly Twitter), Amitabh wrote in Hindi, “Bharat Mata Ki Jai,” seemingly showing his support for the name change. Kangana Ranaut also celebrated the name change, happy that the country was finally giving up its ‘slave name’.
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