Big B may get IFFI invite

September 18, 2014 02:53 am | Updated 02:53 am IST - PANAJI:

NEW DELHI 27/07/2014:  Filmstar Amitabh Bachchan addressing after being feliciated by UNICEF for his contribution towards Polio eradication, in New Delhi on Sunday, July 27, 2014. Photo: Sandeep Saxena

NEW DELHI 27/07/2014: Filmstar Amitabh Bachchan addressing after being feliciated by UNICEF for his contribution towards Polio eradication, in New Delhi on Sunday, July 27, 2014. Photo: Sandeep Saxena

“We don’t believe in untouchability or boycott of anybody,” Mr. Javadekar quipped when asked if superstar Amitabh Bachchan would be invited to IFFI.

The question on Mr. Bachchan was raised by reporters following speculation that Mr. Bachchan had been, in the past, denied the honour of being chief guest at the IFFI in Goa, at the behest of the Congress.

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