Amitabh Bachchan begins following Congress leaders on Twitter, triggers speculation

New Delhi, Feb 22 Bollywood whiz Amitabh Bachchan has begun following some senior Congress leaders on Twitter recently, triggering speculation over his sudden interest in the party that he was once cloe to and had later drifted away from.

After following Congress president Rahul Gandhi and the party's official Twitter handle, he started following senior party like leaders P Chidambaram, Kapil Sibal, Ahmed Patel, Ashok Gehlot, Ajay Maken, Jyotiraditya Scindia, Sachin Pilot and CP Joshi from this month.

He as of late likewise began following party leaders Manish Tewari, Shakeel Ahmed, Sanjay Nirupam, Randeep Surjewala Priyanka Chaturvedi and Sanjay Jha on the small scale blogging website.

Bachchan, who was once near the Nehru-Gandhi family and was a friend of Rajiv Gandhi, is right now the brand ambassador of Gujarat. He has more than 33.1 million followers on Twitter and follows only 1,689 people.

His sudden love for the Congress and some other opposition leaders has taken the party by surprise.

Some other opposition leaders whom the performing artist has begun following as of late, incorporate RJD chief Lalu Prasad, his daughter Misa Bharti, JD(U's) Nitish Kumar, CPI-M's Sitaram Yechury. He additionally takes after the RJD's official Twitter handle, NC's Omar Abdullah and NCP's Supriya Sule.

The AAP leaders he started following recently are Manish Sisodia, Gopal Rai, Sanjay Singh, Kumar Vishwas and Ashish Khetan.

Manish Tewari, who was one of the Congress leaders as of late took after by the actor, thanked him but did not state much else on its timing and political importance.

"Thank you Sh Amitabh Bachan for following me and it is my privilege to follow the icon of Indian cinema who we grew up watching first-day first-demonstrate each new release. Those days in late 70's and mid 80's a gallery ticket in Chandigarh was Rs 3. Mind boggling today! @SrBachchan," he tweeted.

The superstar also follows a number of BJP leaders. Recently, he started following ministers Nitin Gadkari and Suresh Prabhu.