Gujarat's 'Moustache Man' Maganbhai Solanki On Why He Is Contesting Polls
NDTV
Gujarat Election 2022: Meet Maganbhai Solanki, 57, the man proud of his gunslinger moustache who is contesting as an independent candidate from the Himmatnagar seat in Sabarkantha district, which is currently with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
"Moochein ho to inki jaisi, warna na ho," says a voter quoting a dialogue from the famous Bollywood film 'Sharaabi' while pointing out at a man curling up his 2.5-feet-long moustache and seeking votes from traders at a market in Himmatnagar.
Meet Maganbhai Solanki, 57, the man proud of his gunslinger moustache who is contesting as an independent candidate from the Himmatnagar seat in Sabarkantha district, which is currently with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
Voting will be held in the seat on December 5 during the second phase of the Gujarat Assembly elections.
Mr Solanki, who retired from the Army as honorary Lieutenant in 2012, says he loves contesting elections and has been doing so since the 2017 Gujarat Assembly polls.