One of South Indian's prominant actor Prakash Raj initially targeteed the Narendra Modi and his BJP government and later announced that he will be contesting in the 2019 Lok Shaba election. Prakash Raj contested in the election as an independent candidate from Bengaluru Central and was fierce with his election campaign targetting Narendra Modi.

But sadly, the election resutls did not go in the actor' way. As the counting began on Thrusday and Prakash only managed to trial in the 3rd place through out the counting. Reports even say that Prakash Raj left the counting centre midway after learning that he was trailing at number three behind BJP and Congress. There is a neck to neck race between the BJP candidate PC Mohan and Congress candidate Rizwan Arshad and Prakash Raj followed at a distant third position.

Following his loss Prakash Raj came out bold tweet that the result is a "solid slap on my face" but his resolve to fight for secular India will continue.