Actor Sunny Deol joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Tuesday in Delhi. The actor joined the BJP in presence of Union ministers Nirmala Sitharaman and Piyush Goyal.

The BJP will reportedly give a ticket to Sunny Deol to contest the Lok Sabha election 2019. There have been reports that the actor will be fielded from Gurdaspur parliamentary constituency in Punjab.

The announcement, however, has not been made yet.

After joining the BJP, Sunny Deol said, "PM Modi has done a lot for the country and I wish that he remains the prime minister for another five years. Our youth needs people like Modiji."

"The way my father [veteran actor Dharmendra] worked with and supported Atal ji, I am here today to work with and support Modi ji. My work will do the talking," Sunny Deol said.

Sunny Deol after joining BJP: The way my Papa worked with and supported Atal ji, I am here today to work with and support Modi ji. My work will do the talking. pic.twitter.com/JyAKFcG4Rn ANI (@ANI) April 23, 2019





The late Vinod Khanna had earlier represented Gurdaspur Lok Sabha seat from BJP. Hema Malini, the BJP candidate from Uttar Pradesh's Mathura seat, is Sunny Deol's stepmother.

Vinod Khanna passed away in April 2017. Later on, the seat went to Congress's Sunil Kumar Jakhar after the byelection. Congress has fielded Sunil Kumar Jakhar again from this seat.

Speculations over Sunny Deol joining BJP started doing the rounds after party chief Amit Shah met the actor on Friday in Pune, Maharashtra. The BJP is yet to announce its candidates from three seats in Punjab - Amritsar, Gurdaspur and Hoshiarpur.

Sources said that Amit Shah met Sunny Deol to convince him to contest the Lok Sabha election from Punjab. For the Lok Sabha election, the BJP has formed an alliance with Shiromani Akali Dal in Punjab.

The BJP is contesting three of the 13 Lok Sabha seats in Punjab.

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