Suddenly, out of nowhere, the Bollywood megastar's name is doing the rounds among the probable candidates for India’s highest constitutional position.
The current President, veteran scientist A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, vacates the office in July.
If murmurs in the political circles are to be believed, Bachchan —popularly known as ‘Big B’— is likely to contest the presidential election.
In the midst of hectic parleys that have begun to select President Kalam’s successor, political parties, especially leaders from Samajwadi Party, feel the time has come to propose Big B’s name for the President’s job.
Even former Andhra Pradesh chief minister N. Chandrababu Naidu’s TDP is believed to be backing the move. TDP leaders feel Big B can be a ‘fantastic president’. Being a non-political person, he can very well motivate the youth as the President of India, believes TDP.
In fact, smaller political parties like the AIADMK and Asom Gana Parishad too are hoping that Bachchan contests the poll.
The hint, however, came from Samajwadi Party's Rajya Sabha member Shahid Siddiqui, a Muslim intellectual: “We will support Mr Bachchan’s name for Presidentship,” he stated.
The Bharatiya Janata Party, India's main Opposition party, reacted cautiously, saying they will support the candidate who they think is right.
The prominent names doing the rounds for presidentship are of Congress leaders Dr Karan Singh and Sushil Kumar Shinde, Vice President of India Bhairon Singh Shekhawat, and Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee among others.
We at Librahitech would love to see that Amitabh Bachchan is the next President of India.
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