{"id":928628,"date":"2026-10-11T05:16:11","date_gmt":"2026-10-11T05:16:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/928628\/"},"modified":"2026-10-11T05:16:11","modified_gmt":"2026-10-11T05:16:11","slug":"andhra-born-dipika-damerla-makes-bollywood-style-vote-appeal-in-canada-mayor-race","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/928628\/","title":{"rendered":"Andhra-Born Dipika Damerla Makes Bollywood-Style Vote Appeal In Canada Mayor Race"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Andhra-born Dipika Damerla, who is contesting for the post of Mayor of Mississauga in Canada, has turned to Bollywood music to appeal to voters. In a video shared on social media, she gave a popular Hindi song a political twist, using it to make a promise about property taxes if she becomes mayor.<\/p>\n<p>Damerla shared the video on her X handle with the caption, &#8220;After that spicy mayoral debate, here&#8217;s a little palate cleanser.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Titled &#8220;Dipika Damerla For Mississauga Mayor,&#8221; the video shows her singing a modified version of the popular Hindi song &#8220;Kya Hua Tera Wada&#8221;. Instead of the original lyrics, she uses the tune to make a promise to voters.<\/p>\n<p>Through the Bollywood-style appeal, Damerla promises not to increase property taxes if she becomes the city&#8217;s mayor. The video ends with the title &#8220;A city that works&#8221;, followed by an appeal to voters to support her.<\/p>\n<p>Watch Video Here:<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">After that spicy mayoral debate, here&#8217;s a little palate cleanser. \ud83d\ude02\ud83c\udfb6 Bollywood, but make it municipal! Translation: \u201cHere&#8217;s my promise, my swear, my wish. Property taxes won&#8217;t increase the day I become Mayor of Mississauga.&#8221; https:\/\/t.co\/hmrIrQ8JjI<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Dipika Damerla (@DipikaDamerla) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/DipikaDamerla\/status\/2108394781818692013?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\">October 9, 2026<\/a>Who Is Dipika Damerla<\/p>\n<p>According to the official website of the <a class=\"sp_lnk2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mississauga.ca\/council\/city-council-members\/ward-7-councillor-dipika-damerla\/\" rel=\"noindex,nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">City of Mississauga<\/a>, Damerla was elected to the Mississauga City Council, representing Ward 7, in 2018. She is a long-time community leader in the city.<\/p>\n<p>Before joining the city council, she spent seven years representing the residents of Mississauga East-Cooksville as a Member of Provincial Parliament. During that time, she also served as Ontario&#8217;s Associate Minister of Health and Long-Term Care and Minister of Seniors Affairs.<\/p>\n<p>Her work included championing 350 new beds for the Mississauga Hospital, two new long-term care homes, two new schools and a 40 per cent increase in service on the Milton GO line.<\/p>\n<p>Before entering politics, Damerla worked in corporate banking and ran a small business in Mississauga. She holds an MBA in Finance from the Rotman School of Management.<\/p>\n<p>Zohran Mamdani&#8217;s Bollywood-Style Vote Appeal<\/p>\n<p>Zohran Mamdani&#8217;s mayoral campaign in New York City last year drew attention for its Bollywood-inspired videos, which used cinematic visuals and storytelling to engage voters.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Now, Damerla has adopted a similar style in her bid to become the mayor of Mississauga, using familiar Hindi film music to communicate her promise to voters.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Andhra-born Dipika Damerla, who is contesting for the post of Mayor of Mississauga in Canada, has turned to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":928629,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194297],"tags":[4073,317591,318965,49,48,318968,285902,55405,318969,318964,318967,905,318966,5148],"class_list":["post-928628","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mississauga","tag-bollywood","tag-bollywood-music","tag-bollywood-style-votw-appeal","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-community-leadership","tag-dipika-damerla","tag-mississauga","tag-mississauga-mayor","tag-mississauga-mayoral-election","tag-municipal-election-campaign","tag-ontario","tag-who-is-dipika-damerla","tag-zohran-mamdani"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/928628","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=928628"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/928628\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/928629"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=928628"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=928628"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=928628"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}