Bollywood
star Jayaprada sprang a surprise by becoming Samajwadi Party candidate
from Rampur Lok Sabha seat in Uttar Pradesh to upset the apple cart of
Congress stalwart Begum Noor Banu, who represented the seat in the
dissolved house, The film star, contesting from the country's highest
Muslim-dominated constituency will also be facing Rajendra Sharma, the
BJP candidate for the Lok Sabha seat. Despite hailing from faraway
Rajamundhry in Andhra Pradesh, she is confident of making it insisting
that she is "no run-of-the-mill" candidate and that her humble
beginnings will stand her in good stead. She said that she had the
experience of working on gender issues and problems as a Rajya Sabha
member of the Telugu Desam Party. Not relying on her reel-image for
becoming a real MP, she said she would conduct door-to-door campaign and
meetings in Rampur as also address rallies in key places like Allahabad,
Lucknow, Agra and Benares for the party.
