It will be a bitter pill for the Congress to swallow. On April 30 and May 1, actor Amitabh Bachchan will share the stage with Narendra Modi, L K Advani and Arun Jaitley in Ahmedabad. Gujarat will celebrate 50 years of its formation on May 1. As Bachchan is Gujarat’s brand ambassador, he will be on stage with the Bharatiya Janata Party leaders. No doubt the Congress will be invited too. But how will the Congress leaders allow themselves to share the stage with Modi – that too with Amitabh Bachchan – is to be seen. Will it be with grace or without?
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