After Congress's chief spokesperson Randeep Surjewala raised questions of propriety in Bachchan "hosting" the event and asked what signal would it send to the probe agencies, the actor was quoted as having said it would be actor R Madhavan, and not him, who would host the event and that he is scheduled to anchor only a segment on 'Beti Bachao Beti Padhao'.
BJP came out in strong defence of Bachchan for his association with the event despite a probe against him after his name appeared in Panama papers expose.
A host of BJP leaders, including Union Ministers said the probe against Bachchan has nothing to do with the event linked with a social issue of protecting the girl child and attacked Congress for its "mental disability" in fuelling a row.
"Would it be fair? ....What message it would send to investigating agencies going into siphoning of funds abroad illegally? What signal are you sending?" when they see the Prime Minister sharing the dais with Bachchan, Surjewala told reporters.
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He recalled that the Prime Minister has time and again vowed to bring back black money stashed abroad and punish those guilty.
BJP leader and Law Minister D V Sadananda Gowda said the probe into Bachchan's name cropping up in Panama Papers will have no effect if he attends the event.
"See, practically, participation of Amitabh Bachchan and the investigation with regards to Panama Papers, certainly, it will not have any connectivity. Investigation will be done by an independent agency, they will take care of things."
"You may have questions, but has he been labelled guilty for that. His name has come. Let the court of law take action. If somebody is hosting a programme for celebrating our two years and he is not a criminal, he is a respected person of society. If his name has come, let the court of law take action," he said.
The actor's son Abhishek Bachchan also hit back, saying his father is only part of a function where he is talking about educating the girl child.
BJP Secretary Shrikant Sharma said the row created by
Congress "only reflects its mental disability" as its own leaders are embroiled in alleged corruption and are out on bail.
Party MP and Actor Paresh Rawal said the Congress is "issue-less" and is thus creating an issue and dubbed it a "bogus issue" like the row created over the return of awards by writers and litterateurs in the wake of Dadri lynching incident.
"I think a man of his stature would definitely benefit the occasion. It's a very noble thing that he is doing," he said, adding the mega star should go ahead with his event.