Prakash Raj to enter active politics

Actor Prakash Raj, who has been vocal on social media when it comes to questioning the government on all social and political issues, has finally announced his foray into active politics. Taking to his twitter account, the National award winning actor has announced that he will contest as ‘independent candidate’in  the upcoming 2019 Lok Sabha polls.

“HAPPY NEW YEAR TO EVERYONE..a new beginning .. more responsibility.. with UR support I will be contesting in the coming parliament elections as an INDEPENDENT CANDIDATE. Details of the constituency soon. Ab ki baar Janatha ki  SARKAR #citizensvoice #justasking in parliament too (sic),” the actor tweeted.

Although he hasn’t revealed the constituency he’s going to contest from, his announcement has led to speculation.

Remember, earlier Prakash Raj had actively campaigned during the Karnataka elections last year under the banner ‘just asking’, a movement to raise awareness among people to start asking questions. He has also publicly expressed support for K. Chandrasekhar Rao, Telangana Chief Minister, during the recent State Assembly elections.

Although Prakash Raj maintained that he was not in favour of any political party, he has been highly critical of the BJP government and Prime Minister Narendra Modi. He even went on to say that Bollywood stopped offering him roles ever since he started criticising Modi.