{"id":306733,"date":"2018-12-07T08:00:17","date_gmt":"2018-12-07T08:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tehelka.com\/?p=306733"},"modified":"2018-12-07T08:00:17","modified_gmt":"2018-12-07T08:00:17","slug":"bjp-likely-to-field-madhuri-dixit-from-pune-in-2019-lok-sabha-elections","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/bjp-likely-to-field-madhuri-dixit-from-pune-in-2019-lok-sabha-elections\/","title":{"rendered":"BJP likely to field Madhuri Dixit from Pune in 2019 Lok Sabha elections"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-306734 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/tehelka.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/madhuri-dixit-300x242.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"498\" height=\"402\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2018\/12\/madhuri-dixit-300x242.jpg 300w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2018\/12\/madhuri-dixit-696x562.jpg 696w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2018\/12\/madhuri-dixit-520x420.jpg 520w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2018\/12\/madhuri-dixit.jpg 728w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 498px) 100vw, 498px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">The BJP is considering fielding Bollywood actress Madhuri Dixit-Nene from the Pune Lok Sabha constituency in the 2019 general elections, the party sources revealed.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">A senior Maharashtra BJP leader reportedly said that the party has shortlisted Madhuri Dixit\u2019s name for the Pune Lok Sabha seat.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">The state leader said, &#8220;The party is seriously considering giving candidature to Madhuri Dixit in the 2019 general elections. We think the Pune Lok Sabha seat will be better for Madhuri.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">While saying that the party is in the process of finalizing the list of probable names for several Lok Sabha seats, he added &#8220;The party is in the process of finalizing the list of probables for several Lok Sabha seats and Dixit&#8217;s name has been shortlisted for the Pune Lok Sabha constituency&#8230;she is being seriously considered for it.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">When asked about the introduction of fresh faces in the party, senior BJP functionary said, &#8220;Such tactics were implemented by Narendra Modi in Gujarat when he became the chief minister for the first time. Modi \u00a0changed all the candidates in local bodies election and the party reaped benefits of that decision.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">In June this year, BJP President Amit Shah had met the actor at her Mumbai residence during his party&#8217;s &#8216;Sampark for Samarthan&#8217; (Contact for Support) programme and briefed her on the achievements of the government.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The BJP is considering fielding Bollywood actress Madhuri Dixit-Nene from the Pune Lok Sabha constituency in the 2019 general elections, the party sources revealed. A senior Maharashtra BJP leader reportedly said that the party has shortlisted Madhuri Dixit\u2019s name for the Pune Lok Sabha seat. The state leader said, &#8220;The party is seriously considering giving [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":37,"featured_media":306734,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2100,1801,2014,2026],"tags":[1194,453,10156,10155,316,106],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/306733"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/users\/37"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=306733"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/306733\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":306735,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/306733\/revisions\/306735"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/media\/306734"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=306733"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=306733"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=306733"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}