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Who is actor Poonam Kaur who held Rahul Gandhi’s hand in Bharat Jodo Yatra?

New Delhi: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has once again been in the news. Recently, after a short break, Rahul resumed the Bharat Jodo Yatra. A picture of this journey has surfaced, which is becoming increasingly viral. Actually, in the photo, South actress Poonam Kaur is seen holding Rahul’s hand. Since then, the actress is making […]

Edited By : Sahelee Rakshit | Updated: Oct 30, 2022 12:31 IST
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New Delhi: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has once again been in the news. Recently, after a short break, Rahul resumed the Bharat Jodo Yatra. A picture of this journey has surfaced, which is becoming increasingly viral. Actually, in the photo, South actress Poonam Kaur is seen holding Rahul’s hand. Since then, the actress is making headlines and everyone is eager to know who is Poonam Kaur?

Who is Poonam Kaur?

Poonam Kaur is a South Indian actress who was born in Hyderabad. She has done her education from Hyderabad Public School. After which she came to Delhi and from here did her graduation in fashion designing at the National Institute of Fashion Technology (NIFT).

Film Career

After completing her studies, Poonam signed a film directed by Teja, but later she could not get this film. After that she appeared in the film ‘Oka Vichitam’. Poonam Kaur has acted in many Telugu films including Mayajalam. Poonam’s recent release film is ‘Srinivasa Kalyanam’. In the film Suryam, the actress was seen alongside Gopichand and Anushka Shetty.

Poonam’s relation with TDP and BJP

Poonam attended the fourth day of the Bharat Jodo Yatra. Earlier, the actress worked for Telugu Desam Party. Poonam was appointed as an ambassador for the state handloom in 2017 by the then Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh N Chandrababu Naidu.

Meanwhile, Poonam recently took to her Twitter handle, and shut the mouth of the trollers, who trolled her for holding Rahul Gandhi’s hand during the Bharat Jodo Yatra.

She tweeted, “This is absolutely demeaning of you, remember Prime Minister spoke about narishakti,” the actor tweeted in reply to BJP’s Priti Gandhi’s tweet, which had the photo of Rahul Gandhi holding Poonam Kaur’s hand and the caption, “Following the footsteps of his great grandfather!!”.

A Bharatiya Janata Party leader, Priti Gandhi, was trolled for making a distasteful remark about a photograph of Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and actress Poonam Kaur. On the one hand, social media users chastised her severely, while the Congress party also condemned her. The criticism was heaped on the BJP leader for inappropriately commenting on the photo from the Bharat Jodo Yatra.

Adding to the BJP leader’s concerns, actress Poonam Kaur came forward and responded appropriately to Priti Gandhi. She explained why Rahul Gandhi had held her hand during the Bharat Jodo Yatra.

First published on: Oct 30, 2022 12:31 PM IST

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