Bollywood actress Isha Koppikar has been appointed by the BJP as the working president of the Women Transport Wing. She is the latest celebrity to be taken by the saffron party into its fold.
Her appointment came on Sunday at a function in Mumbai that was attended by the Union Minister Nitin Gadkari. The actress in her response said “I will try my best to fulfil all the responsibilities the party gives me. I will also make sure that I can do all that is in my capacity to serve the country.”
Best known for her song ‘Khalls’ from Ram Gopal Varma’s gangster drama Company, Isha Koppikar made her Bollywood debut in 2000 with the Hrithik Roshan starrer Fiza. She has since gone on to star in a number of Hindi movies including Don and Salaam-E-Ishq. She has also appeared in Telugu, Marathi and Kannada movies. Her acting debut came with the 1998 Telugu film Chandralekha. She is currently awaiting the release of the Kannada movie Kavacha.
The actress thanked the BJP for the warm welcome. She wrote on Twitter that she looked forward to serving the nation.
Thank You For the warm welcome..Look forward to serve the nation ?? @narendramodi @bjpindia @bjpmaharashtra @bjpmumbai @nitingadkari @devendrafadnavis @ashishshelar @hajiarfatshaikh @vinodtawde @amarsable @amitshah pic.twitter.com/GESTfg4VG4
— Isha Koppikar (@ishakonnects) January 27, 2019
Earlier this month Bengali actress Moushumi Chatterjee had joined the BJP. She had contested as a Congress candidate from Bengal in 2004.
Last year, there had been reports about Madhuri Dixit being considered by the BJP for the Pune Lok Sabha seat. This was rumoured to be a ploy by the BJP as they believed fresh faces didn’t invite criticism from people.
A senior BJP functionary was quoted as saying – “These 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 body elections and the party reaped benefits of that decision.”
“As fresh faces were introduced, there was nothing to criticise them with. It left the opposition shocked and the BJP won maximum seats and retained power,” he added.
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