Actor Salim Kumar resigns from AMMA after Mohanlal campaigns for actor-turned-politician Ganesh Kumar

Malayalam movie actor Salim Kumar on Friday resigned from Association of Malayalam Movie artists in protest against popular actor Mohanlal's campaign for Kerala Congress(B) candidate K B Ganesh Kumar in Pathanapuram Assembly constituency.

Tendering his resignation from the organisation, Salim Kumar, who has been campaigning for candidates contesting on Congress ticket in the May 16 Assembly polls, alleged that Mohanlal had violated an unwritten code in AMMA that actors should not take part in campaign in constituencies where actor-turned politicians are contesting.

While Ganesh Kumar, a film actor and former minister, is contesting the polls from his sitting seat with the support of CPI(M)-led LDF, actor-turned politician Jagadish is the Congress candidate from the seat. NDA has fielded another film actor Bheeman Raghu from the seat to take on both Jagadish and Ganesh Kumar.

Meanwhile, AMMA president and Lok Sabha MP Innocent rejected Kumar's claim that the members of the organisation were barred from participating in Kerala election campaign. He said AMMA has always made it clear that it would not interfere in the political allegiance of its members.

Campaigning for Ganesh Kumar in Pathanapuram along with director Priyadarsan on Thursday, Mohanlal had said he was canvassing votes for Ganesh Kumar not as a film star, but as his elder brother.