Ahead of the Madhya Pradesh Assembly election, the Congress has equated its State president Kamal Nath and senior leader Digvijaya Singh with Amitabh Bachchan and Dharmendra who played the roles of ‘Jai’ and ‘Veeru’ respectively in the iconic film ‘Sholay’.
The comparison by Congress general secretary Randeep Surjewala prompted rival BJP to call the duo “jail escapees” and deceitful. Mr. Surjewala said when some journalist asked about the bond Mr. Nath and Mr. Singh share, he drew an analogy from Sholay.
“The relationship between Dharmendra and Amitabh Bachchan [in Sholay] is the same as between Singh and Nath. Neither ‘Gabbar Singh’ [film’s lead villain] could get them into a fight [in movie] nor will BJP’s Gabbar Singh be able to get it done here,” Mr. Surjewala told reporters in reply to a question at a press conference in Bhopal.
