AS BJP Fields Sunny Deol From Gurdaspur, Vinod Khanna's Wife Kavita Khanna Says 'I Felt Betrayed'
BJP fielded Sunny Deol to contest the Lok Sabha elections from Gurdaspur and Vinod Khanna's wife Kavita Khanna isn't happy about it. She stated that she felt betrayed for not getting the ticket.
With
the
BJP
fielding
Bollywood
actor
Sunny
Deol
from
the
Gurdaspur
Lok
Sabha
seat,
ticket
aspirant
Kavita
Khanna,
wife
of
late
Union
minister
and
four-time
MP
Vinod
Khanna,
Wednesday
said
she
felt
betrayed
and
was
weighing
all
her
options,
including
contesting
as
an
Independent.
The
party
Tuesday
evening
named
Deol
as
its
candidate
from
Gurdaspur,
a
decision
which
is
being
seen
as
a
setback
to
Kavita
who
was
hopeful
of
getting
nominated
from
the
seat.
''I
feel
betrayed.
I
also
feel
that
the
wishes
of
people
who
wanted
me
as
their
MP
were
ignored'',
Kavita
told
PTI
on
Wednesday.
Asked
if
she
would
contest
as
an
Independent
from
the
Gurdaspur
seat,
Kavita
said,
''I
am
weighing
all
my
options.
I
have
not
decided
anything
(yet).
I
have
not
taken
any
decision
on
any
issue.''
She
asserted
that
she
along
with
Vinod
Khanna
had
worked
for
the
people
of
the
Gurdaspur
constituency
for
20
years.
''I
have
faith
in
God.
Life
is
a
journey.
I
have
worked
here
for
20
years.
When
Vinod
ji
was
unwell,
I
used
to
meet
people
of
the
constituency.
People
wanted
me
as
their
MP'',
she
said.
Hopeful
of
getting
a
BJP
ticket
for
Lok
Sabha
polls,
Kavita
had
been
meeting
public
and
party
workers
in
Gurdaspur
for
the
past
several
weeks.
At
a
rally
in
Gurdaspur
in
January
this
year,
Prime
Minister
Narendra
Modi
had
recalled
the
efforts
of
Vinod
Khanna
for
developing
the
area.
"Vinod
Khanna
made
efforts
for
the
progress
of
this
place.
He
wanted
to
see
modern
and
prosperous
Gurdaspur,
we
have
to
realise
his
dream," PM
Modi
had
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.
Jakhar
had
defeated
BJP
candidate
Swaran
Salaria
by
a
whopping
margin
of
1,93,219
votes.
Kavita
was
among
the
frontrunners
for
the
BJP
ticket
during
the
2017
by-poll,
but
the
party
chose
businessman
Salaria
over
her.
Vinod
Khanna
had
won
the
seat
in
1998,
1999,
2004
and
2014.
He
was
popularly
known
as
"sardar
of
bridges" for
connecting
remote
villages
in
his
constituency.