Urmila Matondkar: I'm Not Contesting Lok Sabha Elections As A Star
Lok Sabha elections 2019: Urmila Matondkar says she's not contesting the elections as a star and stated that she genuinely cares about the people and wants to provide solutions to all their problems.
Urmila
Matondkar
is
contesting
the
Lok
Sabha
2019
elections
with
Congress
ticket
from
the
Mumbai
North
constituency
and
is
pitted
against
sitting
MP
from
the
BJP
Gopal
Shetty.
The
actress
is
campaigning
everyday
and
meeting
thousands
of
people
and
listening
to
their
problems.
She
opened
up
by
saying
that
she's
contesting
the
elections
are
she
cares
for
the
people
and
not
using
her
star
image
in
any
way.
I'm
Not
Contesting
Lok
Sabha
Elections
As
A
Star
''I
am
not
approaching
this
whole
thing
as
a
star
with
my
star
image.
I
am
trying
to
get
to
grassroot
and
connect
to
people.
I
know
it
is
going
to
be
difficult.
I
want
to
generate
confidence
in
them
about
me
as
their
representative
more
than
just
another
star
coming
in,
waving
and
asking
for
votes.
Because
that
is
not
the
thought
with
which
I
have
gotten
into
it," Urmila
told
PTI
in
an
interview.
Public
Toilets,
Housing
&
Local
Trains
Are
A
Major
Issue
I
Am
Looking
At
"The
most
important
issue
is
housing
and
it
is
too
deep
rooted
for
anyone
to
get
a
solution
quickly.
The
slum
redevelopment
needs
to
be
looked
into.
Water
is
another
big
issue,
it
is
also
a
deep
rooted
so
overnight
solution
is
not
possible.
Women's
health,
local
trains.
But
we
need
do
to
things.
This
area
is
issue-ridden
probably
the
most
in
Mumbai.
People
have
been
telling
me
about
need
for
public
toilets,
water
in
Gorai
area
is
another
problem.
Also
local
trains
as
the
population
is
more
here
and
there
is
no
infrastructure."
On
BJP's
Gopal
Shetty
Calling
Her
A
'Naive'
In
Politics
"That
shows
his
mentality
in
the
whole
thing.
He
started
of
saying
that
this
is
going
to
be
a
battle
of
vichardhara
(ideology)
but
non-stop
he
is
speaking
derogatory
things
about
me
which
I
have
never
done.
I
think
there
can
be
two
things
behind
it
-
someone
who
is
not
very
confident
and
all
these
things
stem
out
of
deep
rooted
fear
that
must
have
come
in."
When
Asked
About
Her
Upcoming
Movies
"As
of
now
I
don't
see
any
film
thing
happening.
This
(elections)
is
something
so
huge
and
challenging.
It
has
been
extremely
challenging.
It
is
a
huge
challenging
career
so
I
think
it
is
already
taking
a
lot
of
time.
I
don't
see
film
bit
happening.''