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SITTING BJP MP and candidate from Azamgarh Dinesh Lal Yadav ‘Nirahua’ has shot several films in the constituency since becoming an MP in the 2022 bypoll. The Bhojpuri actor has also cast several local residents in around two dozen films shot in the eastern UP district.
These films include ‘Mandap’, ‘Jugal Master’ and ‘Sankalp’ among others. Recently, when Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath visited Azamgarh, he jokingly said that Yadav should not engage too many party workers and leaders in films.
His reason for this lighthearted appeal was that if too many BJP workers start acting in films, how will the party’s work get done in the district.
Cause For Concern
With outgoing Hazaribagh MP Jayant Sinha getting a show-cause notice for “not showing interest” in the poll campaign of the BJP candidate from the constituency, there are discussions among party insiders that the news of Jayant’s son attending the Congress candidate’s rally at Barhi, Hazaribagh, may have upset the party leadership.
Many of the sitting MPs denied tickets by the BJP such as Parvesh Verma, Ramesh Bidhuri, Gen V K Singh and Meenakshi Lekhi have campaigned for the party in different states.
According to the BJP insiders, Jayant’s son attending the Congress rally shows not just disinterest on the MP’s part, but also an active attempt to embarrass the party, which cannot be ignored.
