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I'll join politics for sure: Anil Kumble
Updated On: 18 March, 2010 07:02 AM IST | | B V Shiva Shankar and Namita Gupta
Bangalore Royal Challengers' skipper keen to make a foray into politics, but the caste card may keep him waiting for some time
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Second Innings: Rumours of Kumble joining the BJP have been doing the rounds for a while. There was talk of him contesting last year's Lok Sabha elections from Bangalore. File Pic |
At the launch of his book Wide Angle yesterday, the 39-year-old Anil Kumble was asked why he was associating himself with politics by hobnobbing with the BJP. Kumble retorted, "I am doing direct politics and am not interested in doing things indirectly."
The cricket icon is the vice-chairman of the state wildlife board with a Minister of State (MoS) rank.u00a0 Though Kumble has retired from international cricket, he is the captain of the IPL team Bangalore Royal Challengers.
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Caste politics
Rumours of him joining the BJP have been doing the rounds for a while. There was talk of him contesting last year's Lok Sabha elections from Bangalore, something the party later denied.
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However, a source in the BJP said that caste politics was the reason Kumble could not contest last year.
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