Sapna Chaudhary campaigns for rival; Slammed by BJP leaders

Lucknow: Bigg Boss 11 fame Sapna Chaudhary, who recently joined the Saffron Party in Haryana, capaigned for a opposition candidate Gopal Kanda for the assembly elections.

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On being questioned, Sapna revealed that she had been advised by her staff that she can campaign for Kanda as he was an independent candidate.

A video message of Chaudhary seeking support for Kanda in the Haryana election was shared widely on social media, catching the attention of BJP leaders on Friday. There were also posters of Chaudhary in favour of Kanda, said a senior Delhi BJP leader.

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A section of Delhi BJP leaders expressed dissapointment and demanded that Chaudhary should be punished for such an anti-party activity.

"How can she campaign for a candidate against the official BJP candidate when she herself is a party member?" said a leader.

The Haryanvi dancer joined BJP with much fanfare at Jawahar Lal Nehru stadium during the party's nationwide membership campaign in July, in the presence of former MP chief minister and BJP vice-president Shivraj Singh Chouhan, BJP general secretary Ram Lal and Delhi BJP chief Manoj Tiwari.

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