MP Sunny Deol Appoints A Proxy To Attend Meetings On His Behalf, People Ask WTF?
Sunny Deol won Punjabs Gurdaspur constituency in the recently concluded general elections. Voters thought he might work for his constituency but it seems thats not the case. Actor turned politician has stoked a controversy after appointing screenwriter Gurpreet Singh Palheri as his aide to co-ordinate with government functionaries.
Sunny Deol virtually had a dream run after beating a stalwart to win Punjab's Gurdaspur constituency in the recently concluded general elections. Voters thought he might work for his constituency but it seems that's not the case. Actor turned politician has stoked a controversy after appointing screenwriter Gurpreet Singh Palheri as his 'aide' to co-ordinate with government functionaries on his behalf.
Deol announced that Palheri will look after the affairs of his constituency on his behalf. Party insiders said Palheri had also been authorised to take up issues related to Gurdaspur with Deputy Commissioner Vipul Ujwal.
"Palheri's appointment is a clear-cut indication that he has been authorised to chair meetings, including review meetings of the Central government-sponsored schemes, on behalf of Deol," a senior state BJP leader told news agency IANS.
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The news began spreading like wildfire as social media was livid with this development. From criticising Sunny for misusing tax payers' money to asking him to give up his MP seat, netizens have expressed their anguish on Twitter.
Gurdaspur Sunny Deol
¡ª Romz (@RomanaRaza) July 1, 2019
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This guy is being paid around 2 lakh rupees per month, because of being an MP. In his full tenure, he¡¯ll get 1.14 crore.
¡ª Jas Oberoi | ??? ????? (@iJasOberoi) July 2, 2019
It¡¯s all going from Indian tax payers pocket. Congratulations guys, you¡¯ve just bought a very very expensive ticket of a super flop D-grade movie!
Wtf, the people voted for you not for Gurpreet ?
¡ª ModernCyberPunk (@cyber_modern) July 1, 2019
Cool. I will also try to appoint a representative to go to office on my behalf but still get the salary
¡ª Imran Khan Afridi (@ikafridi181) July 1, 2019
Wow. So you elect a Public representative.
¡ª Anupam | ????? (@AnupamConnects) July 1, 2019
And he will select his Private representative.
This is the launch of PPP (Public Private Partnership) model in our Parliament!
Seriously mockery of democracy ....
¡ª Dr. Dinesh Goyal (@skmandin13) July 1, 2019
Now these celebs will enjoy their blitz. Life.
And appoint representatives...
After facing severe backlash, Deol defended his move on his official Twitter account.
¡ª Sunny Deol (@iamsunnydeol) July 2, 2019
Deol became MP after defeating Congress' Sunil Jakhar with a margin of 82,459 votes in the Lok Sabha polls.
