Actor-turned-politician and BJP's current Lok Sabha candidate Jaya Prada broke down during a public rally in Uttar Pradesh's Rampur on Thursday, 4 April.
Prada, while launching her campaign, alleged that she was forced to leave her former constituency Rampur after attacks from Samajwadi party leader Azam Khan, NDTV reported.
“I left Rampur and active politics because they tried to attack me with acid,” she said.
The BJP supporters shouted “Jaya Prada ji sangarsh karo, hum aapke saath hain” (You fight, Jaya Prada, we are with you). She thanked the party for the chance to contest calling it a “special birthday gift” as she marked her 67th birthday, NDTV reported.
Prada addressed a rally after filing her nomination papers for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections in April-May.
“For the first time, I have the strength of the BJP behind me. I don’t want to cry like before. I have the right to live and I will, to serve you.”Jaya Prada, BJP candidate
She will be facing Azam Khan, a former colleague, who had campaigned for her in 2004, but the equation changed drastically by the next election.
Earlier, as a Samajwadi Party candidate, she had won from Rampur in 2004 and 2009. However, she had lost in 2014 after contesting from Bijnor as a Rashtriya Lok Dal candidate.
(With inputs from NDTV)
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