Actor Sunny Deol joins BJP

Actor Sunny Deol joins BJP

Actor Sunny Deol joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on 23 April, 2019. The actor was welcomed into the party by union ministers Nirmala Sitharaman and Piyush Goyal. 

“The way my father (film star Dharmendra) was attached with Atal ji, today I have come to join Modi ji,” said Sunny Deol in a statement.

Speaking on his political debut, Deol said that he was inspired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and took the political plunge as he wants to make a difference in public life. 

The BJP will reportedly give a ticket to Sunny Deol to contest the Lok Sabha Election 2019. There have reported that the actor will be fielded from Gurdaspur parliamentary constituency in Punjab. However, the announcement has not been made yet.