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Jayaprada set to join YSR Congress, may contest from Rajahmundry

New Delhi, Apr 4: You have got to hand it to Jayaprada, whenever the question of choosing the right horse  arises. In Andhra Pradesh, she first joined  N Chandrababu Naidu's Telugu Desam party, when NTR's

India TV News Desk Updated on: April 04, 2013 23:23 IST


After NTR's death in January 1996, she was nominated to the Rajya Sabha and was also made president of the TDP's women's wing. In 2002, however, she was denied a second term in the Upper House and was replaced by actress Roja as Telugu Mahila president.
 
A miffed Jayaprada distanced herself from the TDP and moved to Uttar Pradesh to join the Samajwadi Party.

With Amar's backing, she was elected to the Lok Sabha from Rampur in 2004 and 2009.
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