‘Campaigned for congress in last elections’; will not pick up phone of congress leaders now,’ says Salim Kumar

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: ‘Padmaja Venugopal, who was given seat to contest many times without doing anything in particular, joined the BJP for neglecting her. Before that, Prof K V Thomas, who had served as the union minister, also joined the left complaining that he was ignored, he was later given a post of a cabinet rank. When asked where is the medicine, talking about the account of pothichoru is another comedy. I thought of making a political comedy movie by combining all these things...’ laughed actor Salim Kumar. He said that he laughed thinking that if cast all these world failures as characters in the movie, it is sure to flop. Why going for that.

When asked whether he is not campaigning for Congress being a congressman, he asked why should I. I don’t pick up the phone of congress leaders now. I had campaigned for them in the last assembly elections.

To the question on whether the UDF will attain last time’s success, he said there are some internal dramas going on. Padmaja's entry into the BJP and Rajendran's closeness hint some bad omen. It has to be suspected on some unholy nexus between the CPM and the BJP. It is not clear what it is and will be evident only after the election results are out.

When asked whether 'India' alliance assume power this time, he said how can they. Even the opponents have accepted that Narendra Modi is a powerful leader. Apart from hearing some corruption allegations, no clear accusation has been raised against any leader. More importantly, the other parties in 'India' alliance have not been able to project Rahul Gandhi as a possible alternative to Modi. Only DMK is projecting Rahul.