Veteran actor Anupam Kher says he does not see his wife andLok SabhaMP Kirron Kher as a `conventional` politician but finds her interest in Indian politics increased during the last 6-7 years.

This comes despite Kirron saying she is not a politician and did not ask for the party ticket to contest the last Lok Sabha polls from Chandigarh.

In a first of its kind open interaction with his wife here, the 60-year-old actor today put out questions to Kirron on wide-ranging issues including her early days in Chandigarh, development plans for the city, among other things.

`I am not a politician. I do not see myself as politician. I see myself as somebody who is working for my city and fought (elections) to get one more seat to (Narendra) Modi ji. That is how see myself. I did not ask for the ticket. It was given to me and now I am here,` Kirron, 60, said during the interaction.

Anupam, quickly added, saying, `I would like to correct you (Kirron). You are not a conventional politician. It (MP) is a political post and you cannot run away from it. You are in politics because of politics.`

He shared with the gathering, which included senior bureaucrats Adviser to UT Administrator Vijay Dev, that he had seen her growing interest in politics in the last few years.

`During last 7-8 years of our life, I have seen you have got involved in politics of the country. Every time I came home, you were watching TV, political news...,` said Anupam, who neither considers himself as politician nor aBJPparty member.

Kirron said she strongly believes in the good governance of BJP.