Hours after Kannada actor Kichcha Sudeep backed the BJP, actor Prakash Raj on Wednesday mentioned he was ‘shocked and damage’ by the announcement. “I’m shocked and damage by Kichcha Sudeep’s assertion,” Raj, who’s a vocal critic of the saffron get together, mentioned.
Earlier immediately, Sudeep introduced his assist for Karnataka chief minister Basavaraj Bommai in Bengaluru. He mentioned he’ll marketing campaign for the get together, however not contest the upcoming meeting polls. Throughout the press convention, the actor additionally mentioned he completely revered sure choices of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
“I completely respect sure choices Mr Modi has taken, however that has obtained nothing to do with me sitting right here immediately,” Sudeep mentioned whereas responding to a query on whether or not he supported BJP’s ideology.
Forward of Sudeep’s assertion, a information report appeared saying the actor was prone to be part of the BJP. Sharing that report, Raj mentioned: “I strongly consider this can be a Faux information unfold by the determined, shedding BJP in Karnataka. @KicchaSudeep is much extra smart Citizen to fall prey.”
Prakash Raj has criticised the BJP’s insurance policies and central leaders together with Prime Minister Modi on varied events and has typically spoken out towards the get together’s ideology. Final 12 months when Dwelling Minister Amit Shah mentioned folks from totally different states ought to communicate in Hindi, the actor mentioned the Centre was imposing Hindi.
“Do not attempt to break Houses Mr Dwelling Minister … We DARE YOU #stopHindiImposition we love our range..we love our Mom tongue… We love our Identities…,” he wrote on Twitter.
In 2019, Raj took a plunge into politics and contested the Lok Sabha election as an unbiased candidate from Bangalore Central. He misplaced the polls and will handle to get solely 28,906 votes with 2.41 per cent vote share. By cornering over 50 per cent votes, BJP’s PC Mohan defeated Congress chief Rizwan Arshad.
Karnataka will go to polls in a single section on Could 10 and outcomes can be declared on Could 13.
After getting assist from Sudeep, the Karnataka CM mentioned the actor could be very standard and his assist will give energy to the BJP. “We’ll win with a transparent margin. The general public will assist the double-engine authorities within the state,” Bommai mentioned.
