Will Aamir Khan Ever Join Politics? Here's What The Superstar Has To Say..
Aamir says people like him who are working in the creative fields have a major responsibility towards nation building and making the social fabric strong.
Yesterday
(August
12,
2018),
Aamir
Khan
was
addressing
a
press
conference
after
attending
an
event
organised
by
his
'Paani
Foundation'
to
declare
the
'Watercup'
awards.
At
the
same
event,
the
Superstar
also
dismissed
the
possibility
of
joining
politics.
He
said
people
like
him
who
are
working
in
the
creative
fields
have
a
major
responsibility
towards
nation
building
and
making
the
social
fabric
strong.
Political
leaders
cutting
across
the
party
lines
attended
the
award
distribution
ceremony
held
in
Pune
inMaharashtra.
Paani
Foundation
is
a
not-for-profit
company
set
up
in
2016
by
the
team
of
the
TV
series
Satyamev
Jayate
to
fight
drought
in
rural
Maharashtra.
It
was
founded
by
Aamir
Khan
and
his
wife
Kiran
Rao.
Paani
Foundation
conducts
a
competition
called
the
'Satyamev
Jayate
Water
Cup',
in
which
villages
compete
to
win
prizes
for
the
best
watershed
management
work.
Responding
to
a
query
on
whether
he
would
enter
politics
if
he
is
offered
a
Rajya
Sabha
berth
for
his
social
work,
the
Dangal
star
replied,
"We
are
currently
doing
a
lot
of
work
and
I
think
to
do
that
work,
there
is
no
need
to
enter
into
politics.
"I
am
working
in
the
creative
field
and
people
in
this
field
have
a
major
responsibility
towards
nation
building
and
making
the
social
fabric
of
the
society
strong,"
he
said.
About
expanding
the
scope
of
the
watershed
movement,
Khan
said
instead
of
going
larger,
the
foundation
will
try
go
deeper.
"Currently,
75
tehsils
have
been
covered
under
the
watershed
movement.
We
would
like
to
go
deeper
rather
going
larger,"
he
said.
The
actor
said
they
would
now
focus
on
areas
like
the
soil
health,
grass
land,
crop
planning
and
tree
plantation.
"We
would
conduct
parallel
competition
for
the
villages
where
the
watershed
movement
has
already
been
done
and
we
will
give
them
training
on
the
soil
health,
crop
planning,
tree
plantation
and
grass
land,"
he
said.
Khan
said
Paani
Foundation
has
plans
to
go
to
urban
areas
to
work
on
water
harvesting
projects.
Maharashtra
Chief
Minister
Devendra
Fadanvis,
state
unit
Congress
chief
Ashok
Chavan,Opposition
leader
Radhakrishna
Vikhe
Patil,
NCP
leader
Ajit
Pawar,
state
ministers
Ram
Shinde
and
Vijay
Shivtare
attended
the
award
distribution
programme.
The
first
prize
of
Rs
75
lakh
and
a
trophy
for
the
Water
Cup
2018
competition
was
won
by
Takewadi
(Andhali)
village
in
Satara
district.
Bhandwali
and
Sindkhed
villages
in
Satara
and
Buldhana
districts
jointly
won
the
second
prize
of
Rs
50
lakh
and
a
trophy.
The
third
prize
went
to
Anandwadi
and
Umtha
villages
in
Beed
and
Nagpur
districts.
It
carried
a
cash
prize
of
Rs
10
lakh
each
and
a
trophy.