{"id":18359,"date":"2024-01-12T16:13:21","date_gmt":"2024-01-12T16:13:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/2024\/01\/12\/i-am-open-to-contest-elections-says-actor-turned-politician-arindam-roy-n-f-times\/"},"modified":"2024-01-12T16:13:22","modified_gmt":"2024-01-12T16:13:22","slug":"i-am-open-to-contest-elections-says-actor-turned-politician-arindam-roy-n-f-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/2024\/01\/12\/i-am-open-to-contest-elections-says-actor-turned-politician-arindam-roy-n-f-times\/","title":{"rendered":"I am open to contest elections, says actor-turned-politician Arindam Roy &#8211; N.F Times"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"post-512282\">&#13;<\/p>\n<div class=\"post-header post-tp-1-header\">\n<div class=\"single-featured\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t&#13;<\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content clearfix single-post-content\">\n<p>Bhubaneswar: Ollywood actor and BJD leader Arindam Roy today cleared the air over his meeting with Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw in Cuttack on January 8.<\/p>\n<p>Roy, a close relative of BJD general secretary (organisation) Pranab Prakash Das, said he had met BJP leader and Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw, a former IAS officer, as part of his effort to work for the people of Odisha.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cVaishnaw was the Collector of Cuttack some years ago. I met him during his recent visit to Cuttack district. I always want to work for the people of Odisha. So, I can meet anyone as part of my effort to serve the people,\u201d Roy said.<\/p>\n<p>The Ollywood actor further said he has been inspired by the good work of BJD supremo and Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am open to fight the elections if I get a chance in this regard,\u201d Roy added.<\/p>\n<p>Notably, Roy had met the Railway Minister at an Inspection Bungalow in Cuttack district on January 8. The meeting lasted for around 30 minutes, sources said.<\/p>\n<p>Speculations are rife that the Odia film actor will contest the 2024 Assembly elections in Odisha.<\/p>\n<p>Similarly, some media reports claimed that BJP leader Vaishnaw may fight the Lok Sabha election from Cuttack segment in the state.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script>(function(d, s, id) {\n    var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];\n    if (d.getElementById(id)) return;\n    js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;\n    js.src = \"\n    fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);\n  }(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/>[ad_2]<br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] &#13; &#13; &#13; Bhubaneswar: Ollywood actor and BJD leader Arindam Roy today cleared the air over his meeting with Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw in Cuttack on January 8. Roy, a close relative of BJD general secretary (organisation) Pranab Prakash Das, said he had met BJP leader and Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw, a former IAS [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18359","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-states"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18359","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18359"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18359\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18361,"href":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18359\/revisions\/18361"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18359"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18359"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18359"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}