BJP Appoints Actress Isha Koppikar as President of Party's Women Transport Wing Ahead of Lok Sabha Elections 2019
Apart from Nitin Gadkari, Maharashtra education minister Vinod Tawde, BJP MLA Ashish Shelar and other local BJP workers and leaders were also present at the event to welcome Isha Koppikar into the party.
Mumbai, January 27: Bollywood actress Isha Koppikar, who joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in an event on January 27, 2019, has been appointed as the working president of BJP women transport wing ahead of the 2019 Lok Sabha Elections. BJP IT Cell Incharge Amit Malviya Feels Bollywood Actors Chanting ‘Jai Hind’ on Social Media is The Impact Of Narendra Modi, Gets Slammed by Trolls.
Union Road and Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari was also present at the event. He felicitated the actress on her entry in the party. Madhuri Dixit, Lata Mangeshkar, Afroz Shah to be Rajya Sabha MPs? Amit Shah Making Efforts to Make Them BJP Candidates, Say Sources.
News agency ANI tweeted pictures from the event. See them below:
Maharashtra education minister Vinod Tawde, BJP MLA Ashish Shelar and other local BJP workers and leaders were also present at the event.
However, BJP general secretary Kailash Vijayvargiya on Saturday took a potshot at the Congress over speculations that the grand old party may give ticket to Bollywood actress Kareena Kapoor Khan in the upcoming 2019 Lok Sabha Elections. In a racist comment, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader took a dig at the Congress over the entry of Priyanka Gandhi in politics. ‘Priyanka Gandhi, Kareena Kapoor, Salman Khan…Congress Pinning Hope in Chocolatey Faces’: BJP Leader Kailash Vijayavargiya’s Fresh Shocker.
Kailash Vijayvargiya on Saturday said that the grand old party is fielding "chocolaty" faces in Lok Sabha polls it has a shortage of strong leaders. Vijayvargiya during his media interaction in Indore, told reporters, “A Congress leader demands that Kareena Kapoor should be fielded from Bhopal Lok Sabha seat. Sometimes others talk about fielding Salman Khan from Indore. Likewise, Priyanka (Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra) was also brought into active politics.”
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