Sanjay Dutt to contest LS elections from Lucknow

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Abdul Rahman Ansari

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Posted: 16 years ago

Sanjay Dutt to contest LS elections from Lucknow

Actor Sanjay Dutt is all set to contest elections as a candidate from the Samajwadi Party. General Secrertary Amar Singh confirmed to the media that the actor will be the party's contestant from Lucknow. Amar Singh disclosed 27 names who would fight on party's behalf in the upcoming LS polls.

However the actor's ability to stand for elections is yet to be finalized. His contesting of election is subject to permission from the court. Incase he does not gets the permission from the court, he would appear as star campaigner for the party

If allowed to contest elections, Sanjay will be the third candidate from this family to join politics. His father, Sunil Dutt, joined the Congress party in 1984 and was elected to Parliament for five terms from the constituency of Mumbai North West.

After Sunil Dutt's death, his daughter Priya joined full time politics. She was often spotted accompanying her father during his campaign rallies and so she was almost the natural choice. She was elected as a Lok Sabha MP on 22nd November 2005 and like her father is a part of the Indian National Congress.

Link http://www.starboxoffice.com/newsDetails.aspx?xfile=2009/January/News_20090108_66