Prakash Raj says ‘I won’t join any party, I want to be the voice of the people’ 

Prakash Raj.

Actor-turned-politician Prakash Raj, who recently announced that will contest in the coming Lok Sabha election, on Friday, said he would never join any political party as he “can’t survive in any party”.

Raj said he will contest the election as an independent from the BengaluruCentral constituency as “I cannot stay in any party for more than three months.”

Speaking at a news conference, in Bengaluru, Raj said, “I want to be the voice of the people.”When asked why he doesn’t want to join any party, he said, “Why contest as an independent (candidate)? If I get into any political party, I know I won’t survive for three months, so why join.”

He said, “Today, any parliamentarian who stands for a party, who gets lakhs of votes, the minute they go to Delhi they become one vote for their party. Hence, I decided on being an independent to become a questioning, rational voice,” adding that he could no longer “just be asking (questions) but answering too.”

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