Several Bollywood celebrities took to social media on Tuesday to react to the ongoing controversy regarding India’s name change to Bharat. From Amitabh Bachchan to Kangana Ranaut celebrities reacted to the name change and warmly embraced the new name for the nation. The news comes a day after an invite by President Draupadi Murmu went viral on social media, where she referred to herself as President of Bharat to invite the G20 leaders for a special dinner
As soon as the news of India’s name change went viral on social media, Amitabh Bachchan took to his Twitter account and wrote, “Bharat Mata Ki Jai
Kangana Ranaut took to her Instagram story and shared a screenshot of one of her previous interviews, where she had suggested that India should be called Bharat. “And some call it black magic …. It’s simply Grey matter honey? Congratulations to everyone!! Freed from a slave name … Jai Bharat,” she wrote in the tweet alongside the screenshot.
In a long note, Kangana expressed her thoughts about the name change and wrote, “What is there to love in this name? First of all, they couldn’t pronounce ‘Sindhu’ toh usko bigad ke ‘ Indus’ kar diya. Phir kabhi Hindos kabhi Indos kuch bhi gol mol karke India bana diya. From the time of Mahabharata, all the kingdoms who participated in the Great War of Kurukshetra came under one continent called Bharat so why were they calling us Indu Sindu??”
