Amitabh says he has no plans to re-enter politics
Scotching speculation that he will re-enter politics, superstar Amitabh Bachchan has said he has no such plans as he is “totally inadequate” for the job.
“I have no plans to enter politics,” Bachchan, who was here to launch the album of his latest film Baabul, told PTI.
After the assassination of the then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi in 1984, it was his friend Rajiv Gandhi who coaxed him into politics. Bachchan was elected from Allahabad Lok Sabha seat but resigned after only three years, not finishing his term.
“I came into Parliament and realized that politics was something I was totally inadequate for and knew nothing about,” the 64-year-old actor said.
There has been frequent speculation that Bachchan, whose wife Jaya Bachchan is a Samajwadi party MP, might take another plunge into politics.
At the launch held at the Crown Plaza Hotel on Friday, Bachchan attracted the global media and answered a volley of questions.
The Sunday Times today described Bachchan as “Tom Cruise, Sean Cannery and Clint Eastwood rolled into one.
“Certainly there is no British actor alive who shares his fame,” the British newspaper said.
— PTI
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