LS poll: BJP mulls Madhuri from Pune
Mumbai, December 6
The Bharatiya Janata Party is considering fielding Bollywood actor Madhuri Dixit-Nene, 51, from the Pune Lok Sabha constituency in the 2019 general elections, party sources said.
In June this year, BJP chief Amit Shah had met the actor at her residence in Mumbai during his party’s ‘Sampark for Samarthan’ (Contact for Support) programme and briefed her on the achievements of the Narendra Modi government.
A senior state BJP leader said her name has been shortlisted for the Pune Lok Sabha seat.
In the 2014 Lok Sabha elections, the BJP had snatched the Pune seat from the Congress, with Anil Shirole winning by a margin of over three lakh votes.
On the plans to field the actor, a senior BJP functionary said, “Such tactics were implemented by Narendra Modi in Gujarat when he became the Chief Minister for the first time. He changed all the candidates in local bodies elections and the party reaped benefits of that decision. As fresh faces were introduced, there was nothing to criticise them with.” PTI
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