Noted
danseuse and Padma Shri award winner, Mallika Sarabhai, will be
contesting elections against LK Advani from Gandhinagar. She announced
her intention to contest the Lok Sabha polls as an independent candidate
from Gujarats Gandhinagar parliamentary seat and take on L.K.Advani, the
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) prime ministerial candidate. She added that
she will represent the "secular forces".
Sarabhai is the daughter of classical dancer Mrinalini Sarabhai and the
renowned space scientist, late Vikram Sarabhai. She has been a staunch
critic of Chief Minister Narendra Modi since the 2002 Godhra riots in
which nearly 1,500 people were killed.
Contesting under the banner of 'Friends for Democracy' and supported by
social activists and NGOs, Sarabhai claims Gandhinagar is her home as
she was born and brought up in the city.
