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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




After some time she was disillusioned with BJP because she felt that the BJP was only interested in cashing on her popularity and she was not being politically rewarded. A disappointed Vijayashanti quit BJP in 2005 and formed her own party ‘Talli Telangana'. She merged her party with TRS in 2009 and she was made General Secretary of TRS.