KOCHI: Former India cricketer S. Sreesanth has confirmed that he will be contesting the Kerala assembly elections from his home town and that he’s most likely to take the ride on a BJP ticket.
The world cup winner who claims to have received offers from all three leading political parties in Kerala is more inclined to don the saffron hat, but has insisted on announcing ‘his Party’ via Twitter on Wednesday.
“I’ve been approached by Congress, the Communists and BJP,” said Sreesanth, stating that he is an exception in a family of CPM faithful. “As I’m from Ernakulam I’ve got offers for Tripunithura, but there are also offers from other districts,” said the 33-year-old.
Explaining his decision to enter politics the Kerala speedster says life has put him through various phases and that he considers himself ready for a role change. “It’s one life. I’ve had my share in cricket, now I’m in bollywood, so why not politics?”
“I’ve gone through hard times and also best of times; I’ve experienced a lot in this young age,” said Sreesanth, who’s now involved in Pooja Bhatt’s Bollywood project ‘Cabaret’.
“God willing if I contest and become an MLA, I want to be the most happening MLA,” said Sreesanth. “I had a tendency of thinking it doesn’t matter whoever is ruling as long as we earn our living but now I know that is not right.”
The former Rajasthan Royals bowler was given a clean chit by a Delhi court last year in the IPL spot fixing case for which he was jailed for 27 days.
