Actors joining politics is nothing new. From Hema Malini, Smriti Irani to Jaya Bachchan, we’ve time and again seen many actors pursue politics. And this time it is no different. Bollywood and Punjabi actress Mahie Gill and Punjabi actor-singer Hobby Dhaliwal have recently joined politics. Yep, both the actors have joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) just ahead of the Punjab polls.
On Monday, February 7th, both – Mahie Gill and Kamal Dhaliwal aka Hobby Dhaliwal – joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the presence of Haryana CM Manohar Lal Khattar, Union Minister and Punjab BJP in charge Gajendra Singh Shekhawat, and National General Secretary Dushyant Gautam. The duo joined the BJP just ahead of the Punjab assembly polls in Chandigarh.
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As per reports, the Dev D actress said that she wants to do something for girls in India and raise issues related to them. And joining politics would give her a medium to do so. As for Hobby Dhaliwal, the reason behind joining politics is that he feels that Punjab is missing out on a lot of opportunities and wants to implement BJP policies in the state so as to help them.
Both the actors have joined the party right before the Punjab assembly polls that are to happen on February 20th, 2022 and the counting of votes to be done on March 10th, 2022. Only in March will we come to know how the addition of both these artists impacted BJP.