Actor-turned-politician and Congress leader Khushbu Sundar has trashed all speculations about her joining the Bharatiya Janata Party. Her clarification came after she hailed the new National Education Police approved by the Narendra Modi cabinet, setting tongues wagging in political circles.
Khushbu, who is the spokesperson of the Tamil Nadu Congress, had welcomed the NEP though her party had raised objections to many of its proposals.
"#NewEducationPolicy2020 A welcome move,” she tweeted on Thursday.
However, after her tweet sparked off speculations that the actor was planning to join the saffron party, she categorically refuted all such rumours, saying she is an individual with a thinking mind.
"Sanghis can relax, pls do not rejoice. I am not moving to BJP. My opinion might be different from my party but I am an individual with a thinking mind of my own. Yes, #NEP2020 is flayed n flawed at some places, but I still feel we can look at the change with a positivity,” she said in a tweet.
She apologised to senior party leader Rahul Gandhi for her views being contrary to that of the party. “My stand on #NEP2020 differs from my party n I apologize to @RahulGandhi ji for that, but I rather speak the fact than be a head nodding robot or a puppet. Everything is n cannot be about agreeing to ur leader, but about being courages to voice ur opinion bravely as a citizen ..”
In another tweet, she said that the new education policy has both positives and negatives.
“I prefer to see the positive aspects n sit n work on the negative ones. We have to offer a solution to the problems n not just raise voices. Opposition also means to work for the country's future. I would like to take a leaf out of #Atal ji's life n #UPA where we have worked..,” she said.
The actor further said: “Politics is not only about making noises, its also about working together. And @BJP4India @PMOIndia has to understand this. We as oppositions, will look into it in detail n point out the flaws, its the GOI who has to take everyone in confidence n work on the flaws.”
