Dr Rajkumar Believed In Women Empowerment: Shivaraj Kumar
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By Sandesh
Sandalwood
King
Shivaraj
Kumar
aka
Shivanna,
who
has
revealed
that
he
will
campaign
for
his
wife
Geetha,
a
JDS
nominee
from
Shimoga
constituency,
has
said
that
his
father
Dr
Rajkumar
had
never
hated
politics
and
he
believed
in
women
empowerment.
It
was
said
that
Raj's
family
will
never
see
themselves
in
politics
as
Kannada's
cultural
icon
Dr
Rajkumar
had
maintained
a
safe
distance
from
it.
Dr
Rajkumar's
eldest
daughter-in-law
Geetha
Shivaraj
Kumar
has
broken
Raj's
family
myth
by
filing
the
nomination
for
upcoming
Lok
Sabha
polls.
Defending
his
wife's
stand,
Shivanna
said,
"Our
father
was
personally
not
interested
in
joining
politics.
But
he
never
hated
it.
He
never
advised
any
of
us
against
getting
into
this
field.
It's
not
a
crime
to
join
politics." The
actor
had
accompanied
his
wife
for
the
press
conference,
which
was
recently
held
in
Bangalore.
Shivanna
also
said
that
if
his
father
Dr
Rajkumar
had
disliked
the
politics,
he
would
have
never
let
him
to
marry
Geetha,
who
is
the
daughter
of
Karnataka's
ex-Chief
Minister
Bangarappa.
"My
Father
had
believed
in
women
empowerment
and
freedom,
and
he
always
used
to
encourage
my
mother,
who
handles
Vajreshwari
combines,"
says
Shivanna,
who
clears
that
he
would
campaign
for
his
wife,
but
not
for
party.
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I
Believe
In
My
Father's
Principles
"I
believe
in
my
father's
principles,"
says
Shivaraj
Kumar,
who
is
busy
campaigning
for
her
wife
in
Shimoga.
No
Rift
Between
Me
And
My
Brothers
Shivaraj
Kumar
denied
him
having
rift
between
his
brothers
and
mother.
He
said,
"I
love
my
brothers
and
mother.
Though
I
live
separately,
we
visit
each
other
and
participate
in
religious
and
other
programmes.''
Shivanna
Won't
Force
His
Brothers
To
Campaign
For
His
Wife
Shivaraj
Kumar
said,
"I
won't
force
them
to
campaign
for
his
wife.
It's
left
to
them.
I
respect
their
decision
and
space."
Puneet
Rajkumar
Is
Not
Campaigning
On
the
other
hand,
Shivanna's
younger
brother
Puneet
has
confirmed
that
he
will
not
be
campaigning
for
his
sister-in-law
and
he
will
follow
his
father's
steps
by
keeping
away
from
politics.
Shivanna
Is
Short-Tempered
When
asked
about
his
political
entry,
Shivaraj
Kumar
said,
"I
am
short-tempered.
I
don't
think
I
am
suitable
for
politics."