Batala (Punjab): Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh mentioned on Saturday that Bollywood star Sunny Deol had come from Mumbai looking for a profession in politics since his performing profession was just about over.
The Bharatiya Janata Get together (BJP) has fielded Deol from the Gurdaspur Lok Sabha seat, which, together with 12 different parliamentary constituencies in Punjab, will vote within the seventh and remaining section of polling on Could 19.
Negating the prospect of Deol posing any menace to Sunil Jakhar, the Congress candidate and sitting MP from Gurdaspur, Amarinder Singh mentioned that in sharp distinction to Jakhar, who had been working in each nook of the constituency for the previous 18 months, the actor-turned-politician had no real interest in the welfare of the folks of Gurdaspur.
“Sunny (Deol) has come from Mumbai looking for a profession in politics since his performing profession has just about ended. The actor has no stake in Gurdaspur,” Amarinder Singh mentioned whereas addressing an election rally right here.
Mentioning that Deol was spending his time campaigning in Haryana and at different locations even after being named the BJP candidate from Gurdaspur, the Punjab Chief Minister referred to as it clear conceitedness in the direction of the voters and mentioned that the actor will once more present his face to the voters solely after the polls.
Terming the Pulwama terror strike an act of cowardice, Amarinder Singh lashed out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi for in search of votes within the identify of those that died within the assault and within the identify of the Balakot air strike carried out by what Modi claimed to be “his” military.
“It’s not Modi’s ‘fauj’ (military), however India’s ‘fauj’ which has fought all of the battles and made sacrifices,” mentioned ex-serviceman Amarinder Singh, who had participated within the 1965 India-Pakistan warfare. He additionally referred to as Modi’s try to take credit score of the armed forces’ valour abominable.
“No one ever noticed Indira Gandhi taking credit score for dividing Pakistan in 1971. She gave full credit score to the armed forces,” Amarinder Singh mentioned.
Earlier, Jakhar additionally took a dig at Deol by saying that whereas the actor could also be adept in singing and dancing and pulling hand pumps out of the bottom, he knew nothing about Gurdaspur or the issues going through its folks.
Jakhar mentioned that simply as he couldn’t sing and dance, Deol too had no thought about politics or how one can be an efficient consultant of the folks.
“I could not be capable to entertain you, however I’ll remedy your issues by serving to reopen sugar mills and establishing medical faculties,” mentioned Jakhar, as he urged folks to vote for the way forward for the nation.
Jakhar had gained the October 2017 by-election in Gurdaspur after he beat Swaran Salaria of the BJP by a margin of 1.92 lakh votes. The bypoll was necessitated following the loss of life of sitting MP and actor Vinod Khanna of the BJP.
The Gurdaspur constituency, which has 14,68,972 voters, has a excessive variety of serving and retired defence personnel and lots of really feel the BJP is making an attempt to woo them by utilizing Deol’s ‘fauji’ picture.
Supply: IANS