Elections 2020

Khali Joins BJP, Ahead Of Assembly Polls

Chandigarh: Professional wrestler Dalip Singh Rana aka The Great Khali joined the Bharatiya Janata Party today. Days ahead of Punjab Assembly Polls, this inclusion took place. 

Expressing his happiness amid joining BJP, he said, “I’m glad to have joined BJP. I feel that PM Modi’s work for the nation makes him the right Prime Minister. So, I thought why not be a part of his governance for the nation’s development.”

He further states that the reason to join BJP was that he was influenced by the party’s national policy.

Punjab will go to the polls on February 20 and the counting of votes will take place on March 10.

In 2020, Khali had lent support to the farmers protesting in Delhi borders against the Centre’s farm laws. The wrestler had appealed to people of India to support the agitating farmers.

“They will buy it (crop) for ₹ and sell it for Rs200. The laws will also harm daily wage workers, roadside vendors; the common man will suffer,” he had said.

Khali had made his professional wrestling debut in 2000. Before kickstarting his WWE career, he was an officer for the Punjab Police.

During his WWE career, Khali also went on to become the WWE Champion.

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Pinarayi Vijayan Jibes At Yogi Adityanath Over “If UP Turns Into Kerala” Statement

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New Delhi: Yogi Adityanath’s comment warning voters on “Uttar Pradesh turning into Kerala or Bengal” did not go unchallenged as Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan threw shade at his Uttar Pradesh counterpart in a tweet.

“If UP turns into Kerala as Yogi Adityanath fears, it will enjoy the best education, health services, social welfare, living standards and have a harmonious society in which people won’t be murdered in the name of religion and caste. That’s what the people of UP would want,” Pinarayi Vijayan tweeted. He made the same points in a Hindi tweet posted from his handle. 

Congress leader Shashi Tharoor also responded to Yogi Adityanath’s comments in a tweet.

“UP will turn into Kashmir, Bengal or Kerala if BJP doesn’t come to power, Yogi Adityanath tells voters. UP should be so lucky!! Kashmir’s beauty, Bengal’s culture and Kerala’s education would do wonders for the place. UP’s wonderful: pity about its government,” Mr Tharoor posted.

In a video message last evening, hours before the start of the first phase of voting in Uttar Pradesh, Yogi Adityanath had urged voters to choose BJP while referring to Left-ruled Kerala and Bengal, where the Trinamool Congress won a third term last year, defeating the BJP.

“I have to tell you something from my heart. A lot of wonderful things have happened in these five years. Beware! If you miss, the labour of these five years will be spoiled. It would not take much time for Uttar Pradesh to become Kashmir, Kerala and Bengal,” Yogi Adityanath said in the video.

“Your vote is a blessing on my efforts of five years. Your vote will also be a guarantee of your fear-free life,” he urged.

“The time for a big decision has come. In the last five years, the double-engine government of the BJP has done everything with dedication and commitment. You have seen everything and heard everything in detail,” said the UP Chief Minister, who is seeking a second term.

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