New Delhi: UP Panchayat Elections, being seen as semi-finals to Assembly Elections in the state scheduled for 2022, got a glamorous twist with Miss India contestant Diksha Singh joining the electoral fray and contesting on a seat.
Miss India 2015 contestant and model Diksha Singh is taking the political plunge by contesting the upcoming panchayat elections from Jaunpur.
Diksha Singh is a native of Chittori village in the Baksha area of the district. She studied till Class III at the village after which she moved to Mumbai and then to Goa with her father.
Diksha Singh has procured a form to contest the elections for a zila panchayat member from Ward No.26 (Baksha).
“I have been participating in competitions and political debates since college days and have been coming to the village from time to time. On coming here, I saw that even today, Jaunpur district is far away from development.
So, I have come for the Panchayat elections, thinking of some change,” the actress told reporters.
Diksha participated in Miss India contest 2015
Diksha Sungh was a BA second-year student when she participated in the Femina Miss India 2015.
Her father Jitendra Singh has businesses in Goa and Rajasthan. In February 2021, Diksha”s album “Rabba Mehar Kare” was released.
Diksha Singh said she had also written a film, “Ishq Tera”. Apart from this, she has worked in ads of many big products and a web series featuring her is also coming up soon.
