Mithun
Chakraborty
Mithun
is
affiliated
to
the
Trinamool
Congress
Party
and
was
elected
as
a
Rajya
Sabha
MP
in
February
this
year.
He
was
quoted
saying
"I
have
been
given
the
job
of
looking
after
people's
welfare.
A
Rajya
Sabha
seat
should
not
be
treated
as
an
ornamental
position.
I
either
do
it
with
full
sincerity
or
I
don't
take
it
on
at
all."
Hema
Malini
She
was
a
Rajya
Sabha
MP
from
2005
to
2009
and
she
continues
to
be
an
active
member
of
the
BJP.
She
was
quoted
saying
"I
am
actively
involved
in
politics
even
after
the
expiry
of
my
term
as
an
MP.
If
I
get
to
contest
the
Lok
Sabha
elections
this
year,
I
will
be
more
than
happy."
Jaya
Bachchan
Her
career
in
politics
started
when
she
became
the
Rajya
Sabha
member
in
2004.
In
2012,
she
became
a
Lok
Sabha
member
and
represents
the
Samajwadi
Party.
She
said,
"Hum
UP
ke
log
hain,
isliye
Hindi
mein
baat
karenge,
Maharashtra
ke
log
maaf
kijiye".(Translation:
We
are
from
UP,
so
we
will
speak
in
Hindi.
People
of
Maharashtra,
please
excuse
us)."
Smriti
Irani
Actress
turned
politician,
Smriti
joined
the
BJP
in
2003.
She
became
vice-president
of
the
Maharashtra
Youth
Wing
in
2004.
She
is
contesting
from
Amethi
to
take
on
Congress
vice
president
and
sitting
MP
Rahul
Gandhi.
She
said,
"This
time
in
Amethi
there
was
'Modi
wave'
instead
of
'Gandhi
wave'."
Shatrughan
Sinha
He
debuted
in
politics
by
fighting
election
against
actor
Shekhar
Suman.
Sinha
had
appeared
as
a
candidate
for
Samajwadi
Party
in
Lucknow.
Currently,
he
is
an
active
member
of
BJP.
He
said
"if
popularity
was
the
yardstick
for
choosing
a
leader,
Bollywood
superstar
Amitabh
Bachchan
should
become
the
President
of
India."
Rekha
In
2012,
she
was
nominated
as
a
Rajya
Sabha
MP
by
the
President
of
India.
Since
then,
she
has
been
working
on
issues
related
to
children
development,
environment
and
culture.
She
said,
"I
am
looking
forward
to
serve
people
of
this
country.
I
promise
to
do
my
work
from
the
bottom
of
my
heart.
I
will
continue
to
serve
and
entertain
you.
I
will
make
you
proud
of
me."
Raj
Babbar
He
joined
Indian
National
Congress
and
successively
elected
for
fourth
term
as
a
Member
of
Parliament
and
he
won
his
fourth
term
by
defeating
Dimple
Yadav,
daughter-in-law
of
Mulayam
Singh
Yadav.
In
2014
Lok
Sabha
elections,
he
is
contesting
from
Ghaziabad
on
a
Congress
Ticket.
He
said
"Unlike
BJP
which
is
fighting
elections
on
rhetoric
Modi,
Congress
is
contesting
elections
on
historical
background
in
freedom
struggle."
Nagma
She
has
been
a
Congress
supporter
since
2006
and
has
been
keen
to
contest
the
elections
for
a
long
time
now.
She
was
quoted
"My
mom
is
a
Muslim
and
my
dad
is
a
Hindu.
We
were
raised
in
an
environment
where
we
were
asked
to
respect
all
religions.
Communal
riots
pained
me
and
I
wanted
to
do
something
about
it,
so
I
joined
politics."
Moon
Moon
Sen
She
joined
the
Trinamool
Congress
party
in
March
2014
and
will
contest
the
upcoming
Lok
Sabha
election.
She
said
"I
don't
know
why
people
are
going
about
the
‘glamour' factor.
It
shouldn't
be
an
unknown
factor
in
politics
because
we
have
an
Italian
who
is
like
a
PM
and
former
actress
Jayalalithaa
as
CM
with
quite
a
personality
and
a
unique
wardrobe."