Have not joined Cong, says Sapna
New Delhi: Within hours of UP Congress chief Raj Babbar welcoming her into the party, singer-dancer Sapna Chaudhary Sunday claimed she has not joined the Congress and accused it of using her old pictures with Priyanka Gandhi Vadra. Babbar had Saturday night welcomed Chaudhary into the party.
Popular singer and dancer from Haryana Sapna Chaudhary did a volte face within hours of being welcomed in the Congress fold by its UP chief Raj Babbar, claiming on Sunday that she had not joined the Congress.
On Saturday evening, pictures of Sapna meeting Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra and of her signing some documents in the presence of Congress leaders had been widely circulated to the media by the party. However, the singer on Sunday claimed that she had never joined the party and alleged that her pictures with Ms Vadra were old.
Mr Babbar had on Saturday night welcomed Sapna into the party and posted a picture on Twitter of the dancer with Ms Vadra.
“I welcome Sapna Chaudharyji in the Congress family,” Mr Babbar had tweeted.
Distancing herself from the party, Sapna also said she will not campaign for any political party in the Lok Sabha elections.
“I have not joined the Congress. My pictures with Priyanka Gandhi are old, as I have met her many times in the past. These pictures are old. The biggest issue is that I have not joined any party,” she told reporters on Sunday.