BJP Leader Gopi Krishna Pandey Named Rajya Sabha Candidate, Finds Out Through TV News

About 25 years ago, Prime Minister Narendra Modi stayed at Gopi Krishna Pandey's house in Kanpur. At that time, he was working in the BJP organization. During this time, both of them watched the film'Gadar'together. Time has changed. Now, the same Gopi Krishna Pandey has been made a Rajya Sabha candidate by the BJP from Uttar Pradesh. Interestingly, he got the news of his candidacy not from the party, but by seeing his name and photo on Aaj Tak. Elections are to be held for 10 Rajya Sabha seats in Uttar Pradesh. The BJP announced the names of its 8 candidates for these seats on Monday. Among them is Gopi Krishna Pandey. In a conversation with Aaj Tak, he said that after seeing his name and photo on the TV screen, he came to know that the party has made him a Rajya Sabha candidate. He said that he was very happy to see this news. Gopi Krishna Pandey mentioned his 32-year-old relationship with Narendra Modi. He said that Modi came to his house about 25 years ago. Both of them had seen the film'Gadar '. Now, after seeing his old meeting with the Rajya Sabha candidate, he said that he was impressed by Pandey's decision to leave the organization