Ab ki baar Janatha ki sarkaar!; Actor Prakash Rai to contest 2019 LS polls

Bengaluru: Actor turned activist Prakash Rai on New Year night announced that he will be contesting in the upcoming Parliament elections in 2019 as an independent candidate. 

Prakash tweeted- 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.

It may be recalled that Prakash had said that he will enter politics only if there is a challenge. He was always in the headlines by attacking BJP and the Narendra Modi government. He had also said that he is anti-Modi, anti-Ananthkumar Hegde, anti-Amit Shah, and anti-Adityanath.

Rai speaking on Cauvery water sharing dispute had said that is not an issue without a solution. When the Nile River can be shared among five countries, why can’t we find a solution to share Cauvery water among two or three states, he had questioned.