Veteran Bollywood actress Jaya Prada is likely to join Bharatiya Janata Party on Monday.
Reports suggest that the classic actress is expected to contest the Lok Sabha poll from Rampur constituency in Uttar Pradesh, against Samajwadi Party (SP) leader Azam Khan.
The development has come after the Samajwadi Party announced party MLA Azam Khan as the Lok Sabha candidate for Rampur, The party has been curiously looking towards the BJP now. They are inquiring whether the BJP will field his old political rival Jaya Prada from the seat that will make it a political thriller.
Though the actor-turned-politician is yet to join the party, her mentor Amar Singh’s growing closeness to the BJP and RSS is believed to have triggered the buzz.
Jaya Prada was elected MP from Rampur in 2004 and 2009 on SP ticket when Singh was influential in the party. In 2014, she contested as RLD nominee in Bijnor and lost.
