So it turns out Meera is not happy with the result that her mother got in the recently held general elections. Her mom contested from a constituency in Punjab and reports allege that the tally of the votes she bagged was not even in the thousands — it was in the hundreds. Speaking to a TV journalist Meera said she didn’t think the polling was ‘affair’ and that ‘accounting’ was not done properly. She felt it was a result of blatant ‘dhandhli’. To boot, when asked if her mom could be a suitable candidate for the prime ministerial post, she replied with a “yes.” Meera, no one can be like you. You are truly the one and only.

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