Bollywood celebrities who are contesting lok sabha elections 2019
Bollywood celebrities contesting Lok Sabha elections 2019 – When it comes to politics, Bollywood celebrities don’t want to be left behind. Though there are many who have been involved in active politics for long, some have just started venturing out. Let’s find out about the Bollywood celebrities contesting Lok Sabha 2019.
Bollywood celebrities contesting Lok Sabha 2019
Urmila Matondkar
- Urmila Matondkar joined Indian National Congress and officially declared that she would contest the Lok Sabha elections 2019 from Mumbai North’s Lok Sabha constituency.
- She will be contesting against Bharatiya Janata Party MP Gopal Shetty, who was once regarded a BJP bastion.
- Urmila joined the Congress party on March 27, 2019, in Delhi.
- Mumbai’s Lok Sabha constituency is going to the polls on April 29, along with 17 others in the state’s fourth phase of elections.
Also read: BJP candidate list Lok Sabha 2019 Elections
Jaya Prada
- Jaya Prada, a Veteran actress announced that she would contest the Lok Sabha Elections 2019 from Rampur Constituency.
- She also mentioned that she is happy to contest election from Rampur and is a supporter of Narendra Modi.
- Jaya will be contesting against Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan.
Must read: India Lok Sabha Election 2019 date schedule
Bollywood celebrities contesting Lok Sabha 2019
Nusrat Jahan
- An actress and model, she will contest elections for the first time in 2019. Nusrat made her screen debut with Raj Chakroborty’s Shotru and later appeared in Khoka 420.
- On 12 March 2019, West Bengal Chief Minister and president of Trinamool Congress party Mamata Banerjee announced that Nusrat would contest the upcoming general election from Basirhat constituency.
Also read: Indian National Congress party releases its manifesto for Lok Sabha election 2019
Prakash Raj
- Prakash Raj announced on January 1, 2019, that he will enter politics, and will contest the 2019 general elections from Bengaluru Central as an independent candidate.
- Raj says that though he is contesting as an independent candidate, Whitefield Rising [a citizens’ collective] is supporting him, many civil society groups are with him and many political parties are also offering their support.
- The actor has been critical of Narendra Modi’s government.
Mimi Chakraborty
- Mimi Chakraborty is an Indian actress famous in Bengali cinema who has joined politics recently.
- Mamta Banerjee introduces her and now she will contest from Jadavpur, Kolkata for TMC party in lok sabha election 2019.
Ravi Kishan
- Ravi Kishan joined Indian National Congress (INC) from Jaunpur constituency in Uttar Pradesh, and contested in 2014 general elections where he secured only 4.25 per cent of the total votes.
- In February 2017, he left the Congress Party and joined Bhartiya Janata Party.
- According to the sources, he is contesting in lok sabha 2019 but the BJP has not yet disclosed anything.
Dinesh Lal Yadav
- Dinesh Yadav commonly known as Nirahua, has joined BJP in Lucknow on 27 March 2019 in the presence of Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath.
- He got Loksabha ticket by Bhartiya Janata Party on 3 April 2019 from Azamgarh. He will be contesting against Akhilesh Yadav (former chief minister of Uttar Pradesh).
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