Does Amitabh endorse the 2002 riots, asks Congress

"Does he (Amitabh) condemn the role of Narendra Modi in the 2002 Gujarat pogrom of 2002 or he endorses it?...What does he say about the Gujarat massacre and fake encounters that  took place since Modi took over," Congress spokesperson Manish Tewari asked at a briefingin New Delhi.

His salvo at the brand ambassador of Gujarat came after Modi hit out at Congress, saying those opposing Bachchan were "the Taliban of untouchability." Tewari said "if he (Bachchan) is sensible and right-thinking, he will come out strongly against it (the riots)."

He said Bachchan "should not build the Chinese Wall between Modi and the sands of Rann of Kutch by justifying" brand ambassadorship of Gujarat. Tewari said the Congress' Gujarat unit had raised important questions and the central unit endorses those concerns.