Maharashtra Food and Drug Administration (FDA) commissioner Tukaram Mundhe , who is making headlines for conducting raids and shutting popular eateries, has categorically ruled out a career in politics, saying it is “not his cup of tea”.
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In a round-table interview to NDTV Profit, when asked whether he had ever considered joining politics or standing for elections, given his image as an “executor of the law” and “guardian of the law”, Mundhe said his temperament, which he described as forthright to a fault, would not suit political life. “The person like me who is very forthright and upright, I don’t think he will be or she will be accepted in politics,” Tukaram Mundhe said. There is a very, very thin line between forthright and, I mean, arrogant,” Mundhe, who has become a social media sensation, said. The upright civil servant also drew a distinction between his current role, which allows him to help frame regulations and rules as an officer, and elected politics, which he said was an entirely different domain that did not interest him. “Whether I can frame the law as a secretary, we are in the process of doing that,” the Maharashtra’s food safety chief said, referring to his administrative responsibilities. When pressed on whether he saw himself in electoral politics, he said, “Absolutely not. Asked about the “Nayak” tag given to him on social media, drawing comparisons with actor Anil Kapoor’s Bollywood film about a common man who becomes chief minister for a day, the 51-year-old brushed off suggestions that his popularity could translate into political capital.
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