Krishnam Raju to re-join active politics

Veteran cine actor and former Union minister Krishnam Raju on Wednesday announced that he would re-join active politics soon.

Talking to media persons at his residence in Mogaltur in West Godavari district, Krishnam Raju said that he has decided to join politics after seeing the problems of people in the state. He announced that he has also decided to contest the general elections in 2014.

When the reporters asked him about from which party he would contest in the elections, Krishnam Raju said that he was yet to take a decision on it. He said that he had quit the Bharatiya Janata Party as he was not satisfied with the State-level leadership.

It may be recalled that Krishnam Raju joined the BJP and became union minister in NDA Government. Later, he joined the Praja Rajyam Party formed by actor K Chiranjeevi and contested from Rajahmundry. However, he was defeated by a Congress candidate. Since then he has been maintaining a low profile and also quit the PRP when Chiranjeevi merged the PRP with the Congress party.