In Punjab, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MLA and Punjabi singer-model Anmol Gagan Mann suddenly resigned. However, on the persuasion of the party, it was also taken back within 24 hours. Due to this, the artists who have entered the politics of Punjab have again come into the limelight.
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In the last 10 to 20 years in the state, many big artists entered politics. Many of these reached the top of power, the biggest name is that of Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann.
Apart from this, there were many artists who could not succeed and returned to their old life. The biggest name of these was Punjabi singer Sidhu Mosewala, who lost the election. After this, he has been killed.
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These 4 big faces that succeeded
1. Bhagwant Mann: Reaching the Chief Minister’s chair from comedian The current Chief Minister of Punjab Bhagwant Mann has been a famous comedian. He entered politics from the Punjab People’s Party (PPP) in 2011. In 2014, he joined the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and became an MP from Sangrur in the same year. In 2019, MP again reached the Lok Sabha. In the 2022 Punjab assembly elections, AAP got an overwhelming majority and Bhagwant Mann was made the Chief Ministerial candidate. He was sworn in as the 17th Chief Minister of Punjab on 16 March 2022.
2. Vinod Khanna: 4 times MP Bollywood actor Vinod Khanna was also successful in politics. He became an MP from Gurdaspur in Punjab on a BJP ticket in 1998, 1999, 2004 and 2014. In the Atal Bihari Vajpayee government, he took over posts like Minister of State in the Ministry of External Affairs and Minister of State in the Ministry of Transport. He died in Mumbai on 27 April 2017 after a long illness.
3. Mohammad Sadiq: MLA and MP Mohammad Sadik is a famous Punjabi singer and actor. He started politics with Congress. In 2012, he was elected MLA from Bhulatth assembly seat and became an MP from Faridkot in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections. After music and cinema, he also achieved success in politics. He is still politically active in the Congress.
4. Kiran Kher: Became MP 2 times Kiran Kher entered the politics from BJP. After joining BJP in 2009, he won the election from Chandigarh Lok Sabha seat in 2014 and 2019. She was an MP from here for 2 consecutive times. Despite being an MP for 2 consecutive times, he did not get a ticket from the BJP in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. Now he is active in Bollywood.
These 8 faces did not like politics …
1. Gurpreet Ghuggi: First election lost, returned to the film industry Punjabi actor and comedian Gurpreet Singh Ghuggi joined AAP in February 2016. After this, he was also the Punjab convenor of AAP from 4 September 2016 to 8 May 2017. In 2017, he contested from Batala during the Punjab assembly elections, but lost the election. During this time, as soon as Bhagwant Mann was made the head of Punjab AAP, Ghuggi left the party. After this, Ghuggi is now completely busy in the film industry.
2. KS butter: 2 parties also changed, success not found Punjabi singer and lyricist KS butter is originally from Jalandhar. Now live abroad. He gave several hit songs in the Punjabi industry. In 2014, he also entered politics. He joined Bahujan Samaj Party. He contested from Shri Anandpur Sahib in the 2014 Lok Sabha elections, but lost. He finished fourth with 69,124 votes. In 2016, butter attended the Shiromani Akali Dal party. However, after this he became disillusioned with politics and he went back directly to the British Columbia Surrey.
3. Gul Panag: Returned to the film line if I lost the election Gulkirat Kaur Panag’s family is originally from Fatehgarh Sahib. However, he was born in Chandigarh. Bollywood is actress and model. In 1999, she won the crown of Femina Miss India Universe. However, he too once entered politics. She joined the Aam Aadmi Party. The party gave her a Lok Sabha ticket from Chandigarh in 2014, but she lost the election and went back into the film line.
4. Jassi Jasraj: lost 2 times, lost from politics Jassi Jasraj is a Punjabi singer and actor. He began a political journey from AAP in 2014 when he was nominated from Bathinda Lok Sabha constituency, but he lost. He was then expelled from the party for 6 years on April 2016. Jassi then took a ticket from Sangrur in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections with the Punjab Democratic Alliance (PDA) and Lok Insaf Party (LIP), but he lost again. Then he distanced himself from politics.
5. Sidhu Mouswala: Election lost, replied by singing, then murdered Punjabi singer Sidhu Mosewala joined Congress and entered politics. In 2022, he contested from Mansa. His fan following was in crores, but he got 37 thousand votes in the election and he lost the election to the Aam Aadmi Party candidate by about 63 thousand votes. After the defeat in the election, he again became active in the music industry and responded to the defeat through the song. However, he was murdered in May 2022 itself.
6. Hansraj Hans: 3 parties changed, once became MP Padma Shri respected Hansraj Hans has also entered politics. Three parties changed one after the other, once became an MP. He started his political journey by joining the Shiromani Akali Dal in January 2009. In May the same year, he contested from Jalandhar Lok Sabha constituency, but lost. He then left the Shiromani Akali Dal on 18 December 2014.
He joined the Congress in February 2016 and became part of the Bharatiya Janata Party in December 2016. He was elected from the North West Delhi Lok Sabha constituency in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections. Whereas, in the 2024 general election, he contested on a BJP ticket from Faridkot Lok Sabha constituency, but finished 5th. Since then, he has been politically silent.
7. Sunny Deol: Win elections but not active Bollywood actor Sunny Deol entered politics in April 2019 via BJP. The BJP contested him from Gurdaspur seat in Punjab. He was elected MP by winning by 82 thousand votes. However, after becoming an MP, Sunny Deol raised many questions about not being active in his area. Gradually, he started distance from politics. While being an MP, he opted out of politics and was no active. Then did not contest 2024 elections. Now he is busy in Bollywood.
8. Hobby Dhaliwal: If you did not get the ticket Punjabi actor Hobby Dhaliwal (Kamaldeep Singh Dhaliwal) started his political innings on 7 February 2022 with BJP. He joined the party in the presence of the then Chief Minister of Haryana Manohar Lal Khattar and BJP Punjab in -charge Gajendra Singh Shekhawat. He was keen to contest the by -elections in Ludhiana, but did not get the ticket. He is currently active in Punjabi film industry more than politics.
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