Sudeep: Here for Bommai mama, not joining BJP

NT Correspondent

Bengaluru: Leading Kannada film actor Sudeep Sanjeev, popularly known as Kichcha Sudeep, on Wednesday announced his support to Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai in poll-bound Karnataka, giving "star power" to the ruling BJP's campaign for the May 10 Assembly elections.

Bommai said Sudeep supporting him means the actor would campaign for the BJP. Sudeep, who has a huge fan following in the state , however, made it clear that he is not entering politics and neither is he contesting the polls. The actor indicated that he is not backing a party.

"There were only a few people who stood by me during my difficult times and among them the main person and my loved one is Basavaraj Bommai 'mama'. It is a duty and gratitude that I have for this loveable person," the multi-lingual actor said. When asked if he would campaign for the CM or the party he belonged to, Sudeep said he would only follow Bommai's instructions.

"I am here only because Bommai wants me to support a few people. However, I cannot campaign for everybody because humanly I cannot and I won't." On whether he supported the BJP's ideology, Sudeep said as a citizen there are certain ideologies he did agree upon but those were his personal perspectives.