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Bigg Boss 13: From his political connections to fallout with brother, a peek into Tehseen Poonawalla's controversial life

TIMESOFINDIA.COM | Last updated on - Oct 31, 2019, 15:57 IST
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From his political connections to quarrel with brother, a peek into Tehseen Poonawalla's controversial life

Tehseen Poonawalla is soon going to enter the house of Bigg Boss 13 as a wild card contestant. He is currently locked up in a secret room, from where he is keeping an eye on other contestants and analysing their moves. While he may be in a reality show for the first time, but Tehseen has had a fair exposure to public life quite early on. Here's everything you need to know about the newest entrant in the BB house.

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Profession

Tehseen is a TV show host, political analyst, columnist, entrepreneur and a fitness enthusiast. He is also a Ted-X speaker and a life coach. (Photo: Instagram)

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Marital status

Tehseen got married to Monicka Vadera, cousin of Robert Vadera, in 2016. Interestingly, Robert is married to Rahul Gandhi's sister, Priyanka. Hence, Tehseen is now a distant relative of the Gandhi's. (Photo: Instagram)

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Political connections

Tehseen might be a Congress supporter and a staunch follower of the party, but has never shied away from critiquing some of its actions. He is the elder brother of former Congress secretary of Maharashtra, Shehzad Poonawalla. (Photo: Instagram)

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Background

Tehseen hails from an affluent Muslim family. The two brothers started working on their entrepreneurial venture in 2008, when Shehzad started networking with senior Congress leaders, and later drifted into politics. (Photo: Instagram)

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Spat with brother

Tehseen had an ugly fallout with his brother Shehzad during the Congress Presidential election in December 2017. The latter had called elections a 'sham'. This prompted Tehseen to end all relations with his brother Shehzad as he tweeted, "It is totally unacceptable to me and my family that Shehzad has dragged Mrs Gandhi into this, he should have presented whatever issues he had in the party forum." In another tweet, he wrote, "I officially end all relationship with @Shehzad_Ind . I have never been this hurt. We needed to defeat the BJP. This is unacceptable . Im very very hurt today . Been stabbed in the back ..And how."

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Youth icon

Tehseen is hailed as a youth icon by several of his followers. Interestingly, Tehseen and his wife are into fitness and quite active socialites. They are pretty stylish. In fact, interest in fashion is also the reason why Monicka also owns a jewellery brand of her own. (Photo: Instagram)

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Reason for entering Bigg Boss

In the last weekend Ka Vaar, Tehseen had told Salman that he is entering the house to bring some order in it. It needs a leader and he plans to be one to help the contestant be a little more disciplined.

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Highest paid contest

Owing to his connections, it is rumoured that Tehseen is being paid insane amount of money to be a part of the show. In terms of his fee, he has beaten Rahsami Desai as well, who reportedly was the highest paid contestant so far.

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Niranjan
2403 days ago
Poor chap..no congress no work. So, pitching to show his prowess on BB13. If he shows thats he is smarter than the others, he is asking for trouble. He should beware of Aarti and Desai. With his entry, ego yempers will fly higher than normal. But Shukla can handle him well.
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