India in right direction under Modiji: Actor Khushboo

After quitting Congress and joining the BJP, Khushboo Sundar said that she has full faith in Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the nation is in the right direction under his guidance. She also promised to give her best towards the responsibilities given to her by the party.

New Delhi: Former Congress national spokesperson and renowned South Indian actress Khushboo Sundar has joined the Bharatiya Janata Party on Monday. During her address, she promised to completely dedicate herself to the BJP and give her best towards the responsibilities given to her.

While joining BJP, Khushboo said that she has full faith in Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the nation needs to move ahead under the guidance of somebody like him.

"India is in the right direction under Modiji," she asserted.

Apart from her, Madan Ravichandran and Saravanan Kumaran from Tamil Nadu also joined the party in the presence of senior leaders at the BJP headquarters on Monday.

Ahead of joining BJP, Sundar wrote a letter to Congress interim president Sonia Gandhi. In her letter, she stated that she had joined the party post the 2014 general elections loss when it was at its lowest and had worked without the need for any recognition, fame or other gains.

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She also said that few elements seated at a higher level within the party, people who have no connectivity with the ground reality or public recognition are dictating terms and people like here who wanted to work for the party sincerely, are being pushed and suppressed.

"After a long thorough thought process over a while, I have decided to end my association with the party. Herewith I tender my resignation from the primary membership of Indian National Congress," her letter read.

Sundar joined the BJP in the presence of the party's Tamil Nadu unit president, Dr L Murugan and party leader CT Ravi.

She also met BJP President JP Nadda while accepting the party membership.

Sundar's joining in BJP comes ahead of the Legislative Assembly elections in Tamil Nadu which are scheduled to take place next year.

As per her track record, the actor-turned-politician firstly joined DMK then she headed towards Congress and now she has joined the BJP.

Notably, Sundar has always been a strong critic of PM Modi and BJP.

Now the question arises that what responsibility does the BJP will give to Khushboo who had criticised the leaders of BJP in the past and what will be her role in the upcoming elections.

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