Amar Singh, an Indian politician and once a close friend of Amitabh Bachchan, has recently claimed that the veteran actorand his wife Jaya Bachchan have been living separately for many years now. He also hinted about the sour relationship between Aishwarya Rai Bachchan and mother-in-law Jaya Bachchan.

He said in an interview to ABP, ‘People blame me for every possible rift in the country. When the Ambanis split, they projected me as the person who created the Mahabharat between them. It wasn’t me. People have said the same about me and the Bachchans. But even before I met Amitabh Bachchan, he and Jaya Bachchan were living separately. One of them was living in Pratiksha and the other lives in his other bungalow Janak. There were also speculations about a problem between Aishwarya Rai Bachchan and Jaya. I am not responsible for that’.

Singh and Bachchan were once thick friends but their relationship went downhill soon after. Amar Singh has earlier gone on record to say that it was Amitabh’s decision not to stay friends with him, reports the Huffington Post.

The Bachchans have always kept their personal life personal. They didn’t even react to the latest remarks which have caused uproar on different tabloids.