‘Hindustan zindabad hai, tha aur rahega’, PM Modi tweets after meeting Sunny Deol

“What struck me about Sunny Deol is his humility and deep passion for a better India. Happy to have met him today. We are all rooting for his victory in Gurdaspur!” he posted on the micro-blogging site.

Modi added, “We both agree- Hindustan zindabad hai, tha aur rahega.”

What struck me about @iamsunnydeol is his humility and deep passion for a better India.

Happy to have met him today. We are all rooting for his victory in Gurdaspur!

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— Chowkidar Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) April 28, 2019

The actor is expected to file his nomination paper on Monday and is likely to be accompanied by Union minister VK Singh and Shiromani Akali Dal president Sukhbir Singh Badal to the nomination centre. His father and former BJP MP Dharmendra and actor brother Bobby Deol will also remain present.

On Saturday, Deol held a roadshow for the BJP in Jaisalmer in support of the party candidate. Here too, the famous dialogue from the Gadar movie was played in the background.

#WATCH Barmer: Sunny Deol holds his first roadshow after joining BJP, campaigns for BJP LS candidate from Barmer, Kailash Choudhary. Dialogue from the movie ‘Gadar’, “Hindustan Zindabad tha, zindabad hai, zindabad rahega” heard in the background #Rajasthan #LokSabhaElections2019 pic.twitter.com/OjVXPJRJkU

— ANI (@ANI) April 27, 2019

Deol also paid homage to former Gurdaspur MP Vinod Khanna on his death anniversary. “I am coming to Gurdaspur to take forward the works initiated by him (Khanna). I seek blessings of everyone,” the 62-year-old actor, whose real name is Ajay Singh Deol, tweeted.

Khanna died of bladder cancer at a hospital in Mumbai on April 27, 2017. He was popularly known as “Sardar of Bridges” for connecting remote villages in his constituency.

However, Deol’s nomination from the seat came as a setback to Khanna’s wife Kavita Khanna, who was hopeful of getting a BJP ticket from this seat.

On Saturday, Kavita said she “felt abandoned and rejected” as she was denied a ticket at the last moment.