When Kangana Ranaut said she wasn’t keen on contesting from Himachal
Ranaut's birthplace is Mandi.
The star stated in a march 2021 tweet that she would "want a state with complexities" if she ever entered politics.
The star announced on sunday night that she was "honored and elated to officially join the party" in response to the BJP's announcement.
When visiting the well-known dwarkadhish temple in gujarat last year, she made a suggestion that she would go into politics by saying, "Shri krishna ki kripa rahi to ladenge (If Lord krishna blesses, I will fight)."
In addition to Ranaut, a second well-known actor was included in the BJP's fifth list of contenders.
Arun Govil, who played Lord ram in the hit television series Ramayan, is a candidate from Uttar Pradesh's meerut seat.
BJP national spokesman Sambit Patra from Odisha's puri constituency, former calcutta High court judge Justice Abhijit Ganguly from Tamluk (West Bengal), and entrepreneur and former congress MP naveen Jindal from Kurukshetra (Haryana) were among the other notable names on the list.