Luv Sinha said that he was fighting for the welfare of the people of Patna.
New Delhi:
Facing the daunting task of assuming an MLA three times, Bankipur Congress candidate Luv Sinha of Bihar said on Sunday that he has decided to fight an “uphill battle” in his political debut by challenging the BJP in his stronghold to show his verve. .
The son of Bollywood superstar and former Union Minister Shatrughan Sinha, Luv Sinha also said that he will not participate in the Bankipur assembly headquarters that falls into the Patna Sahib Lok Sabha segment to avenge his father’s defeat in the general election. 2019. He claimed that he was fighting for the welfare of the people of Patna.
An actor turned politician like his father, he told PTI in an interview that the BJP had switched parties after 2014 and claimed that now there were not many discussions within the party, only “orders” were given.
When asked why he chose Congress for his electoral debut when he could have opted for a party like RJD, which has a broader presence in Bihar, the 37-year-old said: “It is not just me who elects Congress, Congress also elects me “.
“Congress took note of the work I had done even when my father was part of the BJP. I have been working here with my father since 2009. I am sure the party noticed my work in previous elections and that is why they considered me for this ticket.,” he said.
He further said, “In regards to the strong or weak (party), I would like to say that my father started with the BJP when he had two seats in Parliament. It is only a matter of time, who is strong can become weak and who it is weak it can become strong. “
Acknowledging that he was fighting from a “BJP stronghold”, Sinha asked if that should deter him from a fight. “I think fighting an uphill battle tests your mettle and shows the world what you are really capable of. Winning or losing is not in my hands anyway,” he said.
“It’s a bastion of the BJP, they have all the monetary power and organizational power in the world right now. Does that mean you don’t compete? No, it means you compete and do your best. The public will decide and we will have to accept their decision. “, He said.
At the same time, however, Mr. Sinha said that he feels there is an anti-incumbent factor against the MLA in office Nitin Nabin, claiming that the BJP candidate had won the seat in ” Viraasat ” (inheritance) as his father was also an MLA from Bankipur.
Dismissing speculation that he too got a ticket because of his father, Sinha said that if it was nepotism, he would have chosen the Lok Sabha polls over the Assembly elections.
He said that his father was part of the BJP that existed before 2014, which he claimed was very different from the way the party works now. “I understand that there is hardly any discussion, now only orders are given in the BJP,” Sinha claimed.
“My problems are never about individuals, they are about policies … the economy has collapsed due to decisions made by the ruling party like demonetization and the GST … no one could understand how the GST was implemented,” he alleged.
Mr. Sinha said that the common man’s problems, such as unemployment, electricity shortage, shortage of quality educational institutions, etc. they will be your main voting subject.
On COVID, the young congressional leader said the pandemic would have been difficult to tackle no matter which party was in power, but the kinds of decisions that were made were completely “unsympathetic” to the people.
“The way they left our migrant workers and when you ask the government to provide data on the number of migrants who died, the answer is ” we have no data, ” which in my opinion is extremely sad. it shouldn’t happen, “he said.
When asked about the advice her father gave her before joining politics, Sinha said her decision to enter the polls involved many factors.
“The party chose me. I had been working towards it without expectations. What I have learned from watching him (Shatrughan) throughout his political career (is that) he has friends across party lines. He believes that it is a fight over issues, not a fight by an individual against you. I personally agree with that, “he said.
The opinions of the person you are disputing against may be different, but that doesn’t make them your enemy, he said.
When asked if Bollywood’s record is a blessing or a bane in politics, he said a lot of people criticize it and make it sound like a bad thing.
“First of all, people should realize what Mr. (Shatrughan) Sinha was before entering Bollywood. He was a man from Bihari, who in his childhood could not get a bicycle because his father could not afford it,” he said .
Luv Sinha, who debuted in a movie called “Sadiyaan” and also starred in JP Dutta’s “Paltan”, said that Shatrughan Sinha is a self-made man who never asked his father for help in getting I work in the industry. .
“When people say my career is unsuccessful, I feel like telling them failure is when the industry kicks you out. No one in the industry has ever asked me to leave and whatever movie I have, I got it without my father calling Nobody and that’s how our Family functions. We don’t believe in using what you’ve accomplished to further our own agenda or careers, “he stated.
Bankipur is part of the Patna Sahib Lok Sabha constituency and is considered a BJP stronghold. The parliamentary seat had elected Shatrughan twice in 2009 and 2014, but as a member of the BJP.
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