After making a mark with her remarkable performances in Bollywood, Kangana Ranaut is set to embark on a new venture as a politician. On Wednesday, she revealed her role as the Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) candidate for Mandi in Himachal Pradesh for the forthcoming Lok Sabha elections, along with her intentions to enter the political arena.
During the Times Now Summit, when questioned about her intentions to enter politics, Kangana responded, “The decision is always with the party but I have always openly supported BJP regardless of whether I am a party member or not. I have always fought for BJP and supported Bharat. I always felt that my natural alignment of ideology or personality has always been that of a tadkta-bhadkta right wing or a glorious right-wing personality.”
Kangana added, “To be a leader, people should say that ‘she should be a leader’. I think it’s a different kind of role and responsibility.”
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On Sunday, the Bharatiya Janata Party declared Kangana as its candidate for the Mandi constituency in Himachal Pradesh, a stronghold of Congress.
The BJP has announced its fifth list of candidates across 16 states for the forthcoming Lok Sabha elections. The names of the candidates for the Lok Sabha constituencies in Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Odisha, Rajasthan, Haryana, Maharashtra, West Bengal, Kerala, Karnataka, Goa, Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh, Jharkhand, Mizoram, Sikkim, Telangana, and Andhra Pradesh have been released by the party.
Ranaut took to Instagram stories to announce the news and express gratitude to the BJP leadership. She stated,” My beloved Bharat and Bhartiya Janta’s own party, Bharatiya Janata party (BJP) has always had my unconditional support, today the national leadership of BJP has announced me as their Lok Sabha candidate from my birth place Himachal Pradesh, Mandi (constituency) I abide by the high command’s decision on contesting Lok Sabha polls”.
She continued, “I feel honoured and elated to officially join the party. I look forward to be a worthy karyakarta and a reliable public servant. Thanks.”
Kangana will soon appear in ‘Emergency’, which also signifies her debut as a solo director.