New Delhi, March 19 -- Samajwadi Party MP and veteran film actress Jaya Bachchan has said that nobody can ever match the popularity of actors-unless you are Prime Minister Narendra Modi. She made the comment at an event in New Delhi.

Many Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders win elections only because of Modi's name, Jaya Bachchan added.

"I feel this very strongly. I belong to the opposition, but the fact is that the ruling party leaders, whether they were film actors or non-film actors, emerged victorious only because of Narendra Modi's name, not because of their own political capability," she added.

The Samajwadi Party MP also spoke about film actors joining politics, saying: "Maybe after being an actor and achieving success, and get...