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Actor and reality TV show judge, Kamal Rashid Khan has quit Samajwadi party and announced that he will contesting the elections from North West Mumbai constituency as an Independent candidate. the actor who shot to fame after appearance in Bigg Boss had joined the party and was to field against the likes of Priya Dutt, Poonam Mahajan and Rakhi Sawant. Also Read - JEE, NEET 2020: Lucknow Police Resorts to Lathi Charge Against Samajwadi Party Workers Protesting September Exams

KRK clearly mentioned his leaving the party is because of differences between him and Samajwadi Party leader Abu Azmi’s son Farhan. He said, “I cannot get along with Abu Azmi’s son Farhan. He did not like my comments on Twitter but I cannot dance to other people’s tunes.” Also Read - Amar Singh no More: 'Humorous, Known For His Friendship', Condolences Pour in From All Quarters | Who Said What

Although the party has not announced the development, Abu Azmi said, KRK should understand that politics is not like film industry where you are likely to get away by saying anything. In politics, people are accountable for the statement they make.”

He also said that the party had made a mistake by choosing KRK as the candidate. Further adding he said, “We did not know much about him when we chose him as the party candidate. But later on we started getting negative feedback about him and his vulgar and obnoxious tweets were spoiling the party’s image. So we told him to withdraw his candidature.”

KRK had started a small war on Twitter against Bollywood’s item girl Rakhi Sawant who recently launched Rashtriya Aam Party. He said on Twitter account that Rakhi came in politics as she was out of work in the entertainment industry. To which she replied tweeting that KRK did not know anything abou the problems of the people of the constituency as he lived in Dubai.

When asked the leader where in KRK said that he quit the party, he responded saying, “It hardly matters to us, except that taking him was a mistake.”