Stop endorsing Gujarat’s donkeys, Akhilesh tells Amitabh Bachchan

Raebareli, February 20

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav told on Monday actor Amitabh Bachchan on Monday to “stop endorsing Gujarat’s donkeys”, in a reference to the latter’s advertisement for Gujarat tourism. 

At a rally in Raebareli, Yadav said without naming anybody: “I appeal to the biggest superstar of the century to stop endorsing Gujarat’s donkeys”.

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Yadav's tongue-in-the-cheek remark came on the last day of campaigning for Uttar Pradesh's fourth phase of elections.

"What will happen if the donkeys also start getting advertised?" the UP Chief Minister asked the audience.

Bachchan is the brand ambassador of Gujarat tourism appeared in an advertisement for A Wild Ass Wildlife Sanctuary in the Little Rann of Kutch.  — Agencies