Updated April 23rd, 2019 at 13:19 IST
BJP fields popular singer Hans Raj Hans from the north-west Delhi, Party's sitting MP Udit Raj threatens to quit
The Bharatiya Janata Party has fielded popular Punjabi singer Hans Raj Hans from the North-West Delhi constituency against Guggan Singh of the AAP and Rajesh Lilothia of the Congress.
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The Bharatiya Janata Party has fielded popular Punjabi singer Hans Raj Hans from the North-West Delhi constituency against Guggan Singh of the AAP and Rajesh Lilothia of the Congress. Hans Raj Hans joined the BJP in 2016 after ditching the Congress. Hans Raj Hans had contested elections on a Congress ticket.
He was also a member of the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) in Punjab.
He is a popular folk and Sufi singer hailing from Punjab who has sung several popular Hindi songs for Bollywood films as well.
Meanwhile, BJP MP Udit Raj, who is the sitting MP from the North-West Delhi seat on Tuesday morning threatened the party saying that he will resign if he is denied a ticket in the Lok Sabha elections and may contest independently from the seat against Hans Raj Hans.
Udit Raj said he will wait for some time for a reply from the party and then file his nomination as an Independent candidate from the seat at 10 am.
Earlier in the day, actor Sunny Deol joined the ruling BJP today, days after he met with party president Amit Shah. He is likely to be the BJP candidate from Gurdaspur in Punjab. "Like my father joined Atal Bihari Vajpayee, I have decided to go with Prime Minister Narendra Modi. I want PM Modi for the next five years," said the actor in a short speech.
Welcoming him to the party, Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman referred to his blockbuster 1997 movie "Border" based on an episode from the India-Pakistan of 1971. "Sunny Deol made the film Border which showed how the feeling of nationalism and patriotism when portrayed beautifully on film can touch a cord with the people," Ms Sitharaman said.
"It cannot be acting when it comes from the heart," added Union Minister Piyush Goyal.
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Published April 23rd, 2019 at 13:19 IST
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