BJP fields Sunny Deol from Gurdaspur in Punjab, Kirron Kher from Chandigarh

BJP releases the 26th list of candidates for 3 LokSabha Elections 2019 seats in Chandigarh & Punjab. Sunny Deol to contest from Gurdaspur, Som Prakash from Hoshiarpur, and Kirron Kher from Chandigarh. Earlier the Gurdaspur Lok Sabha seat in Punjab was represented by the late Vinod Khanna from BJP.

Earlier today Bollywood Actor Sunny Deol joined BJP in presence of Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and Railway Minister Piyush Goyal, days after he met BJP president Amit Shah at Pune airport.

"The way my father (film star Dharmendra) was attached with Atalji, today I have come to join Modiji. Whatever I can do for this family (BJP), I will do it... I won't talk, I will show you through my work," Deol said while addressing the media at the Bharatiya Janata Party office.

Sunny Deol also thanked senior BJP leaders like Narendra Modi, Amit Shah and Piyush Goyal in a tweet after joining the saffron party.

Hema Malini, the BJP candidate from Mathura, is Deol's stepmother.