Karnataka Elections 2023: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Congress in the present day entered right into a confrontation over prime Kannada movie actor Sudeep Sanjeev, popularly referred to as Kichcha Sudeep, extending his help to Karnataka Chief Minister BS Bommai. While the Congress stated that taking help from the favored actor reveals BJP’s chapter within the state, the saffron celebration stated that Congress chief Rahul Gandhi was accepting roses from actors a couple of months in the past. Kichcha Sudeep in the present day introduced his help to Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai within the poll-bound Karnataka, giving “star power” to the ruling BJP’s marketing campaign for the May 10 Assembly elections.
Congress Fires ‘Bankruptcy’ Jibe At BJP
Reacting to the event, Member of Parliament (Rajya Sabha) and Congress chief Randeep Singh Surjewala stated, “A Film Star is free to choose whom to support, sometimes by IT-ED or otherwise. Bankruptcy of BJP in Karnataka is clear. As no one turns up to listen to CM Bommai & BJP leaders, they now rely upon Film Stars to draw crowd. People, not Film Stars, will decide fate of Karnataka.”
BJP’s Return Fire
The BJP didn’t waste its to remind Congress that Rahul Gandhi was accepting roses from an actress who is thought to help anti-India forces. “Randeep Singh Surjewala, Your Dear Leader was going around accepting roses from an actress who is known to support anti-India forces. Now you are rattled because nationalist voices in the entertainment industry are choosing the BJP!” stated BJP Tamil Nadu chief Ok Annamalai.
.@rssurjewala Your Dear Leader was going round accepting roses from an actress who is thought to help anti-India forces.
Now you might be rattled as a result of nationalist voices within the leisure trade are selecting the BJP! https://t.co/QTt3cpehZt pic.twitter.com/by6ItTOj7c
— Ok.Annamalai (@annamalai_k) April 5, 2023
A ‘Star-Power’ Boost For BJP in Karnataka Polls
Sudeep, who has an enormous fan following within the State and is without doubt one of the highest-paid actors in Kannada cinema, nevertheless, made it clear that he’s neither getting into politics, neither is he contesting the ballot. The actor additionally indicated that he was not backing a celebration. Stressing his affection and respect for the Chief Minister and recalling that he stood by him throughout his troublesome occasions and shared a really shut bond along with his household, the actor introduced his help to Bommai.
Sudeep, finest recognized for his efficiency in movies reminiscent of ‘Swathi Muthu’, ‘Kempe Gowda’, ‘Eega’, and ‘Pailwaan’, hails from the Shivamogga district and belongs to Valmiki Nayaka group, the biggest tribe within the ST class, within the State. Sudeep, 49, who has acted in motion pictures in Hindi, Telugu and Tamil, along with Kannada, stated he would marketing campaign for “some of the people he (Bommai) wants him to support. “I’ll go by what he (Bommai) needs, his necessities. I’m not getting into politics”, he stated.
Bommai, who was sitting subsequent to him on the press convention, stated he had instructed Sudeep that though he isn’t becoming a member of the BJP, his campaigning is “necessary”. When Sudeep says he’s extending me help, it means together with me he would marketing campaign for the BJP. “Sudeep doesn’t belong to any party. He has come to support me, and the party I belong to,” stated Bommai.
