I don't belong to any party, but will campaign for those who are nationalists: Kangana Ranaut
Mathura (PTI): Bollywood actress Kangana Ranaut on Saturday said that she does not belong to any party but will campaign for nationalists. She was speaking to reporters after visiting the Shri Krishna Janamsthan here.
Asked whether she will campaign for the BJP in the 2022 Uttar Pradesh assembly elections, Ranaut said, "I do not belong to any party. Those who are nationalists, I will campaign for them."
Ranaut also said that she hoped Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath will make efforts for people to see the actual janamsthan of Lord Krishna. There is an idgah on the place where Lord Krishna was born, the actress claimed.
On instances where people have claimed that her statements have hurt sentiments, Ranaut said that those who are honest, brave, nationalists and talk about the country, they will know what I am saying is correct .
Responding to a question on reports that her car was stopped by farmers in Chandigarh, Ranaut said, I never apologised. I protested it.
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Congress names candidates for 8 Haryana LS seats, fields Kumari Selja, Deepender Hooda
Chandigarh (PTI): The Congress on Thursday announced candidates for eight of the nine Lok Sabha seats it is contesting in Haryana, fielding former Union minister Kumari Selja, Rajya Sabha MP Deepender Hooda and youth leader Divyanshu Budhiraja, besides two sitting MLAs.
The party has also fielded former MP Jai Prakash and leaders Satpal Brahmachari and Mahendra Pratap, according to the list released late Thursday evening.
The Congress is contesting nine of the 10 Lok Sabha seats in Haryana. It has not yet announced its candidate for the Gurugram constituency.
The Aam Aadmi Party, a constituent of the opposition INDIA bloc, will contest the Kurukshetra seat.
Congress general secretary and former Union minister Selja will contest from the Sirsa (reserved) seat and sitting MLAs Varun Choudhary and Rao Dan Singh from the Ambala (reserved) and the Bhiwani-Mahendragarh Lok Sabha seats, respectively.
Deepender Hooda, son of former chief minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda, will enter the fray from Rohtak. He has represented the Rohtak parliamentary constituency three times in the past.
Jai Prakash has been fielded from Hisar, the Congress' Haryana youth wing president Divanshu Budhiraja from Karnal, Satpal Brahmachari from Sonipat and Mahendra Pratap from Faridabad.
