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Amitabh Bachchan pledges to join 'any campaign' that works for welfare of manual scavengers

The 78-year-old legend who is one of the most active celebrities on Twitter took to the platform to share his thoughts on the act of manual scavenging.

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Talking about the plight of sanitation workers, megastar Amitabh Bachchan on Wednesday termed manual scavenging as an "unconstitutional and illegal act" and said that he has pledged to join any campaign that works for the benefit of such workers.

The 78-year-old legend who is one of the most active celebrities on Twitter took to the platform to share his thoughts on the act of manual scavenging. 

"Events of the day move you beyond words .. tonight is one such day .. manual scavenging is an unconstitutional and illegal act," he tweeted. "Yet it exists and they that work, suffer inhuman existence .. Will join any campaign that works for their benefit .. have pledged," his tweet further read. 

Poisonous gases in manholes cause health issues and sometimes also lead to the deaths of several sanitation workers in the country. 

Check out his tweet here.

In other news, the superstar on October 11 also celebrated his 78th birthday. On the occasion, his son Abhishek Bachchan took to Instagram and shared a major throwback photo of baby Amitabh Bachchan.

He addressed his pa as B (apart from calling him Pa). Abhishek also gave Amitabh Bachchan two other names on his 78th birthday - The OG (original gangster) and 'my hero'. Alongside the photo, Abhishek wrote, "Happy birthday B!!!#theOG #MyHero #78 Love you, Pa." 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 

Various Bollywood celebrities like Ajay Devgn, Ayushmann Khurrana, Priyanka Chopra, Bhumi Pednekar, Neha Dhupia, and others shared fond memories of Amitabh Bachchan while wishing him happy birthday. The latest to add to the list was Anushka Sharma.

South Indian film celebrities like Prabhas, Mahesh Babu, Ram Charan, Mammootty and Mohanlal also wished Amitabh Bachchan on his special day. Like most, even R. Madhavan called senior Bachchan, who has worked in movies for nearly 51 years, 'an inspiration'.

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