SRK on Modi Govt.

This mandate gives absolute power to change!

Shah Rukh Khan says that India voted for change and the new government should live upto the expectation

 By Afsana Ahmed

Shah Rukh Khan may have been excluded from PM designate Narendra Modi’s list of invitees for the latter’s oath taking ceremony today, while invites have gone out to many other dignitaries including Indian film industry’s Amitabh Bachchan, Lata Mangeshkar, Rajnikanth and Salman Khan. But the actor is cool about it. Instead he sends best wishes to the new govt. for receiving such a landslide victory and believes that there are immense chances of positive changes around.  “What a mandate! Exceptional!” exclaims the actor on the phone. “This is clearly the sign of times that people have not decided for a party, but for a stable government. It gives a lot of reason and power to change many things,” says the actor adding that government formed with allies is unstable. “It’s difficult to take solo and solid decision. If you have strength of numbers nobody can question it. So if you’re with the left you can’t take capitalist decision. So now decisions have to be taken, things have to be changed,” he says.

 The actor believes that India is already on the verge of becoming a big power and a stable government emerging from such a solid mandate is really a big leap forward. “There is no excuse for the country not going forward now. Decisions have to be taken and things have to change. “he asserts adding, “I’m extremely apolitical but I know people don’t believe it. They have issues on this. But I have my views on friendships and that’s totally separate,” he reasons, perhaps hinting at his friendship with the Gandhis.

Shah Rukh also adds that he doesn’t have any specific expectation from the new government? “The country should change from within and outside. While we should have a fantastic international face and front, we also ought to have a sense of comfort in the country. And if larger issues get sorted, our film industry will follow suit.”