Kirron Kher greeted with black flags in Chandigarh
March 18, 2014  15:47
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As actor Kirron Kher arrived in Chandigarh today to begin campaigning as the BJP's candidate, protesters waved black flags and shouted slogans to signal their disapproval. Her husband, actor, Anupam Kher had to dodge eggs.

The protests were not sponsored by her rivals, model and actor Gul Panag of the Aam Aadmi Party or Congressman and sitting MP, Pawan Kumar Bansal. These were members of the BJP, who are disgruntled that the party chose to field Kher, who arrived at the party headquarters to slogans of, "Kirron Kher go back". 

The party has named Kher as the candidate from Chandigarh, ignoring three frontrunners including former MP Satya Pal Jain, Chandigarh BJP President Sanjay Tandon and former Union Minister Harmohan Dhawan.

When Kher's candidature was announced by the party high command on Saturday, there was a revolt in the Chandigarh unit of the BJP, leading to a few resignations by some office bearers of the city unit.

From the Chandigarh seat, where polling will be held on April 10, former Railway Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal is seeking re-election as Congress nominee.

Bansal had earlier downplayed the presence of prominent women - former Miss India Gul Panag (AAP) and actor Kirron Kher (BJP) - in the fray, saying paratroopers cannot do some overnight magic.


This is the picture retweeted by Anupam Kher which says: A Grand Welcome of  Kirron Kher in City Beautiful Chandigarh.
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