Not wanting to lose any chance of staying in public eye even as their term as corporators has ended, a former corporator of BJP from Juhu booked an entire show of the movie ‘The Kashmir Files’ for the residents of Nehru Nagar, Patelwadi and Fatherwadi in her ward in Juhu to be watched free of cost.

Renu Hansraj, who was elected for the first time in 2017, is in the race to contest once again this time. The locals were taken for a 10 am show on Thursday where Hansraj herself also watched the movie for the first time with the slum residents.

The movie is already being actively pushed by many of the BJP-ruled states with some declaring the film tax-free. On the other hand the opposition has called the film one-sided. The BJP’s former alliance partner in the BMC — Shiv Sena Sena — has even questioned why Prime Minister Narendra Modi himself is the ‘pracharak’ of the movie.

Hansraj said, “When I called up Shyam Shroff of Shringar Films requesting 300 tickets for a single movie show at a cinema house in Santacruz (W), he immediately sponsored the same.”

Mumbai: Actor and MP Hema Malini on Sunday inaugurated a senior citizens’ centre in Andheri (west). Local BJP corporator Renu Hansraj said the centre was constructed using her corporator funds. “The place was encroached upon by drug peddlers and was a hotbed of crime. We faced a lot of resistance, but we got the place cleared with the help of BMC and police officials,” Hansraj said.

She said over 150 senior citizens turned up for the inauguration of the centre which will be maintained by a local NGO called Juhu Soul of Mumbai City. “They will conduct activities such as gardening, yoga, counselling for senior citizens etc. I take immense pride that we could retrieve this encroached place and turn it around 360 degrees for senior citizens,” Hansraj said. “Hema ji was so happy to see a space designed for senior citizens. She has expressed her desire to use this space as well,” she added. Local BJP MLA Ameet Satam was also present at the event.