Popular Haryanvi singer Sapna Chaudhary, who joined the BJP recently, campaigned for a rival candidate Gopal Kanda in Haryana Assembly elections, leaving her party red-faced. AdvertisingIn a quick firefighting exercise, Delhi BJP chief Manoj Tiwari dissuaded her from campaigning for Kanda, the Haryana Lokhit Party candidate from Sirsa, BJP sources said. A section of Delhi BJP leaders expressed shock and demanded that Chaudhary be punished for “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. However, she was asked by party leaders not to do so and immediately dissociate herself from any type of campaigning for Kanda.

Source: Indian Express October 19, 2019 12:00 UTC