<p>Mumbai: Bollywood star <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tags/saif-ali-khan">Saif Ali Khan</a> has praised <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tags/rahul-gandhi">Rahul Gandhi</a>, saying the Congress leader has changed people's perception about him by working hard on himself.</p>.<p>At the India Today Mumbai Conclave 2024 on Thursday evening, the actor said he likes a politician who is brave and honest.</p>.<p>Asked about the politician, from Prime Minister <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tags/narendra-modi">Narendra Modi</a>, Gandhi and AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal, who is brave and can lead India into the future, Khan said they are all "brave politicians".</p>.<p>Khan then praised Gandhi and said he used to be disrespected for the things he used to do and say.</p>.Social media is dangerous for someone like me, says Saif Ali Khan.<p>"I think what Rahul Gandhi has done has also been very impressive because there was a point where people were disrespecting things he was saying and things he was doing. And I think he's turned that around by working very hard, in a very interesting way," the 54-year-old actor said.</p>.<p>"Beyond that I don't want to get into a thing of who I support and what my politics is because I want to be apolitical in my outlook. And I think the country has spoken quite clearly. I'm happy about one thing. That democracy is alive and thriving in India," he added.</p>.<p>Khan also said he has no intention of joining politics.</p>.<p>"I'm not a politician. I don't really want to be a politician. And if I had strong views, I think I would become one and then share them in that way," he said.</p>.<p>"I mean, you guys (journalists) are really brave and much braver than me. I'm not looking for that kind of heat. But if I was, then I would go all the way and become. And join a political party. But I'm not ready to do that yet," he added.</p>
<p>Mumbai: Bollywood star <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tags/saif-ali-khan">Saif Ali Khan</a> has praised <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tags/rahul-gandhi">Rahul Gandhi</a>, saying the Congress leader has changed people's perception about him by working hard on himself.</p>.<p>At the India Today Mumbai Conclave 2024 on Thursday evening, the actor said he likes a politician who is brave and honest.</p>.<p>Asked about the politician, from Prime Minister <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tags/narendra-modi">Narendra Modi</a>, Gandhi and AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal, who is brave and can lead India into the future, Khan said they are all "brave politicians".</p>.<p>Khan then praised Gandhi and said he used to be disrespected for the things he used to do and say.</p>.Social media is dangerous for someone like me, says Saif Ali Khan.<p>"I think what Rahul Gandhi has done has also been very impressive because there was a point where people were disrespecting things he was saying and things he was doing. And I think he's turned that around by working very hard, in a very interesting way," the 54-year-old actor said.</p>.<p>"Beyond that I don't want to get into a thing of who I support and what my politics is because I want to be apolitical in my outlook. And I think the country has spoken quite clearly. I'm happy about one thing. That democracy is alive and thriving in India," he added.</p>.<p>Khan also said he has no intention of joining politics.</p>.<p>"I'm not a politician. I don't really want to be a politician. And if I had strong views, I think I would become one and then share them in that way," he said.</p>.<p>"I mean, you guys (journalists) are really brave and much braver than me. I'm not looking for that kind of heat. But if I was, then I would go all the way and become. And join a political party. But I'm not ready to do that yet," he added.</p>