Batala (Punjab): Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh stated on Saturday that Bollywood star Sunny Deol had come from Mumbai in quest of a profession in politics since his performing profession was nearly over.
The Bharatiya Janata Celebration (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 last section of polling on Could 19.
Negating the prospect of Deol posing any risk to Sunil Jakhar, the Congress candidate and sitting MP from Gurdaspur, Amarinder Singh stated 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 little interest in the welfare of the individuals of Gurdaspur.
“Sunny (Deol) has come from Mumbai in quest of a profession in politics since his performing profession has nearly ended. The actor has no stake in Gurdaspur,” Amarinder Singh stated whereas addressing an election rally right here.
Declaring 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 vanity in the direction of the voters and stated that the actor will once more present his face to the citizens 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 title of those that died within the assault and within the title of the Balakot air strike carried out by what Modi claimed to be “his” military.
“It isn’t Modi’s ‘fauj’ (military), however India’s ‘fauj’ which has fought all of the battles and made sacrifices,” stated 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 stated.
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 individuals.
Jakhar stated that simply as he couldn’t sing and dance, Deol too had no concept about politics or methods to be an efficient consultant of the individuals.
“I’ll not be capable to entertain you, however I’ll clear up your issues by serving to reopen sugar mills and establishing medical faculties,” stated Jakhar, as he urged individuals to vote for the way forward for the nation.
Jakhar had received 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 demise 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 plenty of really feel the BJP is attempting to woo them by utilizing Deol’s ‘fauji’ picture.
Supply: IANS