Bangalore: Hema Malini elected to Rajya Sabha
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Bangalore, 03 March 2011: Veteran Bollywood actor and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) nominee Hema Malini was Thursday elected to the Rajya Sabha from Karnataka.
She defeated noted Kannada writer K. Marulasiddappa who contested as an independent with the support of the opposition Congress and the Janata Dal-Secular (JD-S). The actor won by 106 votes to 94.
The ruling BJP has 106 members, including speaker, in the assembly while Congress-JD-S together have 97.
The poll was held to fill the vacancy created following the death of M. Rajashekara Murthy of the JD-S last December.
Hema Malini would be a member till April, 2012, when Murthy’s term would have expired. She was a nominated member of the Rajya Sabha 2003-09.
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| Stany Quadros, Udupi / Sharjah | Thu, March-3-2011, 1:20 |
| Indian movie actors especially Bollywood are the trump cards, every party uses now and then. They produce good results too, winning I mean, not serving the constituency ofcourse. Why would dreamgirl come to Karnataka to serve when she has so much to do in Mumbai. | |
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