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Thursday, 02 May 2013

Hema Malini eyes Firozabad for Lok Sabha debut

Tweet Lucknow, May 2 (IANS) Cine star and senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Hema Malini has expressed a wish to contest the 2014 Lok Sabha (LS) polls from Firozabad, an important seat in Uttar Pradesh. She said Wednesday, while speaking at Mathura, that if the BJP agrees to field her, she would prefer the bangle city over any other place in the country. Firozabad is currently held by film star-turned-politician Raj...

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