Don't think person like me can do anything in politics: Playback singer Kumar Sanu
Mumbai: Election time in Bengal is round the corner, and almost
every party is looking for celebrity candidates, a trick that never fails.
Playback superstar of the nineties Kumar Sanu, who joined Bharatiya Janata
Party (BJP) twice and left the party the final time after 2014, is amused when
you ask him if he considers another shot at the game. Saying he has no plans to
re-enter politics, Sanu reveals his agenda for joining politics earlier never
got fulfilled.
"I don't think a person like me can do anything in politics. So, I don't have that intention at all," he tells IANS. Incidentally, playback rival of his heydays Babul Supriyo, who was always a lesser luminary in the world of music, did far better in public life. Supriyo not only won for the BJP, he was also a minister in the Cabinet for a while.
Sanu won't get into comparisons with anyone. He says the only reason he has sworn off the idea is because he has no intention left to pursue the calling.
"The reason I joined politics didn't get fulfilled. So, I stepped back. Now, I don't have any intention of joining politics. Back then, I had opened a school for underprivileged kids and I had joined politics to boost that cause. I have three schools, one in Kolkata," he informs, on what he claims was his real reason for giving public life a shot.
At 63 and at a time his son Jaan Kumar Sanu is knocking at the doors of Bollywood, Sanu's musical career has understandably slowed down. (IANS)
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