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Vijayashanti: From 'Lady Amitabh' of south to 'Lok Sabha MP'

New Delhi:  Very few politicians have the courage to take on the party chiefs and it is least expected from a person who is not a career politicians. But Vijayashanti, actor-turned-politician, did the same in




The 49-year-old actress had joined the BJP in 1997. She was made the secretary of BJP's Women's Wing ‘Bhartiya Mahila Morcha'. During the 1999 general election she was named BJP's contestant from the Cuddapah Lok Sabha seat against Sonia Gandhi but she withdrew from the race after Sonia Gandhi decided to contest from Bellary.