Muslims comprise about 18 per cent of UP’s electorate and have key presence to influence the outcome of more than 150 seats. “I won’t comment on other issues but as far as triple talaq goes, I guess it is a welcome initiative as there are a lot of Muslim women who have been exploited because of this,” Salma said. Later, the Allahabad High Court while hearing a petition had also described this form of ‘instant divorce’ as ‘cruel and most demeaning’. Salma Agha said she favored Modi government’s stance on abolition of the practice of ‘triple talaq’, an issue that was raised by Modi during the BJP’s Mahoba rally in UP last November. The, union minister who has himself acted in couple of films and is known for his comic timing, said as a “Modi minister” he and the actors he would get to UP won’t oppose the BJP in UP even if the alliance he was seeking between the two didn’t come through.Īccompanying the union minister during his short Lucknow visit was Salma Agha. “Along with talking serious issues, there would definitely be a ‘glamor ka tadka’ (a dash of glamor) in UP polls,” Athavale said. So is the plan of the ruling Samajwadi Party with the BSP being the only exception.Īthavale on Monday confirmed that Bollywood actors like Rakhi Sawant will be seen in UP polls. Congress has already appointed actor-politician Raj Babbar as the UP Congress Committee chief and plans to unleash its star power in UP in coming days. “Several actors are BJP members now and so will campaign for the party,” said UP BJP chief Keshav Prasad Maurya, MP from Phulpur. The BJP already has several actor-politicians in its midst and so has the Congress. While Sawant and Agha have been roped in by RPI, an NDA ally, other parties are readying their star power too. “Along with serious issues there would also be what you call ‘glamor ka tadka,” Republican Party of India (Athavale) leader and union minister for social justice and empowerment Ramdas Athavale told HT.
Agha had starred in the 1982 hit ‘Nikaah’.
The February-March elections in UP will have some ‘glamor ka tadka’ and raising the political heat will be popular and controversial Bollywood actor Rakhi Sawant, who wore a controversial dress last year with Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s photos all over it.Īlso set to campaign is actor-singer of yesteryears Salma Agha, a Pakistani born Briton who holds an Overseas Citizen of India card.
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