<p class="title">A tweet by Akshay Kumar on Monday morning triggered speculation about him contesting the Lok Sabha elections on a BJP ticket either from New Delhi or Punjab's Gurdaspur seat but the actor denied any such move from him.</p>.<p class="title">It all started with his tweet at 9:45 am when he spoke about entering an "unchartered territory" when media and others started speculating that he would be contesting the elections.</p>.<p class="title">"Getting into an unknown and uncharted territory today. Doing something I have never done before. Excited and nervous both. Stay tuned for updates," he tweeted.</p>.<p class="title">Soon the rumour mills started working due to the ambiguity of his message in an election season. Kumar is a known supporter of the BJP and Prime Minister Narendra Modi and has been the face of many schemes like the Swacch Bharat.</p>.<p class="title">New Delhi was one of the seats in speculation where cricketer Gautam Gambhir, who joined BJP, was also a serious contender for the seat. There were also other speculation about him contesting from Gurdaspur.</p>.<p class="title">As discussions continued on what are his plans, Kumar tweeted again at 1:55 pm, "grateful for all the interest shown in my previous tweet but just clarifying in light of some wild speculation, I am not contesting elections."</p>.<p class="title">There were also discussion about his citizenship with some arguing that he is a Canadian now and that he cannot contest the elections. While some other sections argued, he has honorary citizenship and it does not prevent him from contesting the polls.</p>
<p class="title">A tweet by Akshay Kumar on Monday morning triggered speculation about him contesting the Lok Sabha elections on a BJP ticket either from New Delhi or Punjab's Gurdaspur seat but the actor denied any such move from him.</p>.<p class="title">It all started with his tweet at 9:45 am when he spoke about entering an "unchartered territory" when media and others started speculating that he would be contesting the elections.</p>.<p class="title">"Getting into an unknown and uncharted territory today. Doing something I have never done before. Excited and nervous both. Stay tuned for updates," he tweeted.</p>.<p class="title">Soon the rumour mills started working due to the ambiguity of his message in an election season. Kumar is a known supporter of the BJP and Prime Minister Narendra Modi and has been the face of many schemes like the Swacch Bharat.</p>.<p class="title">New Delhi was one of the seats in speculation where cricketer Gautam Gambhir, who joined BJP, was also a serious contender for the seat. There were also other speculation about him contesting from Gurdaspur.</p>.<p class="title">As discussions continued on what are his plans, Kumar tweeted again at 1:55 pm, "grateful for all the interest shown in my previous tweet but just clarifying in light of some wild speculation, I am not contesting elections."</p>.<p class="title">There were also discussion about his citizenship with some arguing that he is a Canadian now and that he cannot contest the elections. While some other sections argued, he has honorary citizenship and it does not prevent him from contesting the polls.</p>
