Sunny Deol On Lok Sabha Elections: The Youth Is My Main Priority
Lok Sabha elections 2019: Sunny Deol, who is contesting the elections from Gurdaspur constituency on the BJP ticket said that the youth is his main priority.
Bollywood
actor
and
BJP
candidate
from
Gurdaspur
Lok
Sabha
seat
SunnyDeol
Thursday
said
creating
employment
opportunities
for
the
youth
will
be
his
main
priority.
Asserting
that
he
came
to
Gurdaspur
to
serve
the
people
and
not
to
return
to
Mumbai,
Deol,
whose
real
name
is
Ajay
Singh
Deol,
also
praised
the
tenure
of
late
BJP
MP
and
actor
Vinod
Khanna
and
said
he
will
take
his
work
forward
while
seeking
voters'
support
for
winning
this
border
seat.
The
most
important
issue
(for
me)
is
our
youth.
Youth
is
our
foundation.
I
want
creation
of
job
opportunities
for
them,
said
Deol
in
his
first
media
interaction
after
being
named
as
candidate
for
Gurdaspur
seat.
He
also
said
he
wanted
to
work
for
the
welfare
of
the
farming
community.
We
belong
to
Punjab
and
farming
is
in
our
blood.
I
want
to
understand
all
their
issues
and
do
whatever
is
possible
for
their
welfare,
the
actor
said.
On
Wednesday,
Congress
candidate
Sunil
Jakhar
had
accusedDeol
of
having
no
understating
of
Punjab
issues
and
asked
him
to
share
his
vision
for
Gurdaspur
constituency,
telling
himthat
"politics
is
a
serious
business
and
not
a
time
pass
activity".
Appreciating
the
work
done
by
late
BJP
MP
Vinod
Khanna,
Deol
said,
Vinod
ji
has
worked
here
for
20
years
and
he
worked
a
lot
here.
After
him,
I
got
a
chance
to
work
(for
this
constituency).
I
want
to
work
the
same
way
Khanna
did.
I
belong
to
people
here
and
I
will
never
hurt
them.
I
will
try
to
meet
up
to
their
expectations".
Khanna,
who
was
fielded
by
the
BJP
from
Gurdaspur
seat
in
1998
for
the
first
time,
was
a
four-time
MP.
Khanna
passed
away
in
2017.
Deol
said
he
was
happy
to
be
announced
as
BJP
candidate
for
Gurdaspur
constituency.
''I
am
very
happy
because
I
have
got
a
chance
to
(work
for
people
here).
Everybody
knows
me
because
of
my
films.
People
of
Punjab
and
country
love
me
a
lot
and
I
stay
in
their
hearts.
Prime
Minister
Narendra
Modi
has
worked
very
well
during
last
five
years
and
I
want
that
he
should
win
again
this
time'',
he
said.
''You
have
seen,
I
have
worked
in
film
industry
and
there
also
I
talked
less
and
my
work
spoke
for
me.
Here
I
also
want
that
my
work
should
speak
rather
than
I
say
something'',
said
Deol.
Deol
also
sought
to
allay
fears
that
he
would
return
to
Mumbai
after
elections.
''I
have
not
come
here
to
return'',
he
said.
Currently,
the
Gurdaspur
constituency
is
represented
by
Congress
MP
Sunil
Jakhar
who
won
the
seat
in
the
2017
bypoll,
which
was
necessitated
after
the
death
of
Vinod
Khanna
in
April
that
year.