Kumar Sanu: Don’t think person like me can do anything in politics

By Yashika Mathur Mumbai, Jan 24 : Election time in Bengal is round the corner, and almost every party is looking for celebrity candidates, a trick that never fails. Playback superstar of the nineties Kumar Sanu, who joined Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) twice and left the party the final time after 2014, is amused when you ask him if he considers another shot at the game. Saying he has no plans to re-enter politics, Sanu reveals his agenda for joining politics earlier never got fulfilled.
“I don’t think a person like me can do anything in politics. So, I don’t have that intention at all,” he tells IANS.
Incidentally, playback rival of his heydays Babul Supriyo, who was always a lesser luminary in the world of music, did far better in public life. Supriyo not only won for the BJP, he was also a minister in the Cabinet for a while.
Sanu won’t get into comparisons with anyone. He says the only reason he has sworn off the idea is because he has no intention left to pursue the calling.
“The reason I joined politics didn’t get fulfilled. So, I stepped back. Now, I don’t have any intention of joining politics. Back then, I had opened a school for underprivileged kids and I had joined politics to boost that cause. I have three schools, one in Kolkata,” he informs, on what he claims was his real reason for giving public life a shot.
At 63 and at a time his son Jaan Kumar Sanu is knocking at the doors of Bollywood, Sanu’s musical career has understandably slowed down. Yet, for someone who started out facing charges of being just another Kishore Kumar clone, he has done well from himself.