Meerut (UP), Apr 2 (UNI) Actor Arun Govil, who played the role of Lord Ram in Ramanand Sagar's famous serial Ramayan, on Tuesday filed his nomination from the Meerut parliamentary seat for the Lok Sabha elections as a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate.
Govil filed his nomination in the presence of Deputy Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh Keshav Prasad Maurya. The Deputy CM also held a road show in support of Arun Govil.
Speaking on the occasion Maurya said that the manner in which Samajwadi Party (SP) chief Akhilesh Yadav is changing candidates, he should change the name of the party to 'Adla Badli Party'.
He said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi's policies and poor welfare work have an impact on the ground among BJP workers and people. "The public has faith in PM Modi and BJP will achieve the target of winning all 80 seats in UP and 400 seats in the entire country," he said.
The Deputy CM said that there is no party that can compete with BJP. "There is no opposition anywhere. There is a tussle between SP, Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) and Congress. Our preparations are for the period from 2024 to 2047. Leaders of opposition parties are going to remain unemployed till 2047," he said.
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