Kannada Actor Upendra is known to Telugu audience as well with his performance in movies like Kanyadanam, S/o Satyamurthy etc. His Kannada dubbed movies like “A” and “Upendra” ran for 100 days in AP in 90s. Last year he launched new political Party Karnataka Pragnavantha Janatha Paksha (KPJP). He selected auto as logo for his party. So far Upendra has some positive buzz in Karnataka mainly because of his straight forward nature. However, nascent party heading for split and rumors are rife that he himself may join BJP soon.
As per the reports, the leaders of the party are upset with the ‘dictatorial attitude’ of Upendra. Assembly elections are due in just 2 months but Upendra has not released party manifesto yet. He is not seriously involving himself in party activities. Also, there are rifts among the leaders of the party over the selection of MLA candidates for elections. While all this was giving the hints about this party heading for a split, Upendra gave a cinematic twist with his tweet.
He tweeted, “The real results between prajaakeeya and Raajakeeya will reveal on 6th of this month. Wait and watch. Upendra”. Many political analysts are predicting Upendra may soon dump the KPJP party and join BJP. Rumors are rife that he had already discussed with BJP bigwigs about this. Probably today his plans will be out.
Though his joining BJP may help BJP in assembly elections, it will give a general impression that cinema stars can not run their own political parties and they always looking for short cuts. We will have to wait and see whether Upendra joins BJP or not.
