Narendra Modi and Rang de Basanti as BJP woos Punjab with election song

Ahead of the Punjab Assembly elections, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Friday released the official theme song for its state unit for the polls.

The theme song composed by BJP MP Manoj Tiwari has been created with inputs from Union Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas Hardeep Puri.

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In the teaser, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been shown as the face of the party. The music video also depicts the rich heritage and culture of Punjab.

Interestingly, in a series of photographs, the BJP has also put the picture of PM Modi’s security breach in Punjab.

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The incident had sparked a back and forth of rhetorics. While multiple people associated with the BJP say that the incident endangered the life of the Prime Minister, Punjab’s Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi, a member of the INC, sought to address the incident using a remark of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel.

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The BJP is fighting the Punjab polls in alliance with the Punjab Lok Congress of Capt Amarinder Singh and SAD (Sanyukt) of Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa.

Punjab will go to the polls on February 20. The counting of votes will take place on March 10.