The BJP on Tuesday said it was keen on wooing Shilpa Shetty, whose popularity has soared following her appearance in the Big Brother, to join the party.
CHANDIGARH: The Bharatiya Janata Party on Tuesday said it was keen on wooing Shilpa Shetty, whose popularity has soared following her appearance in the British reality TV show Celebrity Big Brother, to join the party.
Actor-turned-Member of Parliament Vinod Khanna told a news conference that Shilpa should join the BJP, which projected itself as the "big brother" of the country's politics.
"We are trying to rope in Shilpa into our party," he said.
"We are definitely looking at her as a potential candidate and she may join us," the MP from Gurdaspur said.
Khanna's comments on Shilpa being roped in by the party came when he was asked about her win in the Big Brother show on Sunday.
"The BJP are big brothers and we would be happy if she joins the BJP," said the three-time MP, who has been campaigning in Punjab which goes to polls on February 13.
Asked if he was serious about Shilpa being roped in by the party, he said, "I am not joking. Whatever I said, I meant it."
"There are so many actors who came in after I joined the BJP. Similarly, we are looking at potential candidates who can join us and Shilpa happens to be one of them," he said.
On whether BJP president Rajnath Singh or any senior party leader had talked to Shilpa, the former Union minister said, "I cannot disclose much at this moment, but you wait and see."
Khanna said given a chance he would take the offer of being on the Big Brother show.
On why many stars joined the BJP, he said, "it was Atal Behari Vajpayee's persona which attracted the actors to join the party."
"When we joined, there was a perception about corruption being on the rise during the Congress party's regimes. We then thought if we join the BJP led by Vajpayee, we can play a good role in having constructive opposition," he added.
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