Chhod do aanchal

Somebody please tell me why a geriatric actor, whose pedigree can be best described as Punjabi-raised-in-Bombay, and an even more geriatric-actress from the South are swelling with pride for a part of the country at least a thousand miles from their own land?

By the way, if this state is ever made, it would beat even Bihar in is glorious la(lu)wless days.