Actress Isha Koppikar turns politician, joins BJP as president of Women Transport Wing

Actress Isha Koppikar, who has worked in films including Don, Krishna Cottage, among others, on Sunday, joined the Bharatiya Janata Party in the presence of Union Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari.

Isha has been given the charge of Women Transport Wing as its working president.

The actress-turned-politician took to her Twitter handle and shared a picture from her oath taking ceremony. Along with the picture, she wrote, “Thank You For the warm welcome..Look forward to serve the nation @narendramodi @bjpindia @bjpmaharashtra @bjpmumbai @nitingadkari @devendrafadnavis @ashishshelar @hajiarfatshaikh @vinodtawde @amarsable @amitshah”

Isha Koppikar began her film career in 1998 with a Tamil film and entered the Bollywood bandwagon with film Fiza in 2000.

On January 2, Bollywood actor Moushumi Chatterjee too had joined the BJP.

Meanwhile, as the 2019 general elections are inching closer, Congress president Rahul Gandhion Wednesday appointed senior party leaderMallikarjun Kharge as Chairman of Maharashtra Co-ordination Committee.