Take two: Sanjay Dutt likely to re-enter politics next month, but it won't be with BJP or Congress
The 60-year-old may join the RSP, according to the party's founder.
By PTI | Updated:
MUMBAI: Nearly ten years after his maiden political venture as a Samajwadi Party candidate failed to take off from Uttar Pradesh, Bollywood actor Sanjay Dutt is set to re-enter politics, according to a minister from Maharashtra.
The RSP is a junior ally of the ruling BJP in Maharashtra.
Sanjay Dutt's sister Priya Dutt is a former MP of the Congress from Mumbai. Jankar said the RSP was tapping the film industry to expand his party which mainly represents 'Dhangar' or the shepherd community.
"...We have started working in the film sector as well to expand our party. As part of which, actor Sanjay Dutt is also joining the Rashtriya Samaj Paksh on September 25," Jankar, who holds Animal Husbandry and Dairy Development portfolios, announced while addressing a party event.
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He also played a pre-recorded video of the actor in which the latter has greeted the RSP and addressed Jankar as his "brother".
The RSP has been part of the BJP-led NDA since the 2014 Maharashtra Assembly elections. Out of the six candidates, RSP candidate Rahul Kul had won from Daund seat.
Jankar unsuccessfully contested against NCP chief Sharad Pawar from Madha Lok Sabha constituency in 2009.
Meanwhile, Jankar has demanded more seats compared to 2014 for his party to contest the upcoming assembly elections.
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Mumbai-South candidate Milind Deora (c) of the Congress, politician Navjot Singh Sidhu (2R) and actor Sanjay Dutt (2L) during an event in Madanpura, Mumbai, in April. Commenting on reservation for the Dhangar community, Jankar said, "Of the total work (on reservation), 60 per cent work has been done so far. The 'Dhangar' (shepherd) community is getting many benefits compared to what it used to get earlier".
The Dhangar community has been demanding reservation under the Scheduled Tribe (ST) category. They are currently classified under the VJNT (Vimukta Jati Nomadic Tribes) grouping.
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Dutt was a Samajwadi Party (SP) candidate for the Lucknow Lok Sabha constituency in 2009 but withdrew after the court refused to suspend his conviction under the Arms Act.
He was later appointed as the general secretary of the SP but resigned and subsequently quit the party.
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