Popular Television Actress and Reality Show Bigg Boss 11 Winner Shilpa Shinde on Tuesday joined Congress in the presence of Congress state unit Chief Sanjay Nirupam at a function in Mumbai. Apart from Congress Unit Chief, Party leader Charan Singh Sapra was also present at the function.
Mumbai: TV actress Shilpa Shinde joins Congress in presence of Sanjay Nirupam, President of Mumbai Congress Committee and party leader Charan Singh Sapra. pic.twitter.com/cBO5q6fTl6
— ANI (@ANI) February 5, 2019
Shinde, 42, made her television debut in 1999, but she became popular with her role in a soap opera Bhabhi. The actor reinvented herself with the superhit sitcom Bhabhi Ji Ghar Par Hai, in which she played the role of Angoori Bhabhi. Even as her character gained immense popularity, she quit the show in 2016 over differences with the producers. She was replaced by Shubhangi Atre. In 2018, Shinde won a reality TV show, Bigg Boss 11.
Shinde had been in news for deleting her social media accounts – Instagram and Twitter – for alleged facing torture by her fans. Recently, there were reports of her returning to TV Screens with Taarak Mehta ka Ooltah Ka Chashmah.
The Congress had in 2014 general elections won only 2 out of 48 constituencies in Maharashtra. The party may contest the upcoming general election in alliance with Sharad Pawar’s NCP.
“Of the total 48 Lok Sabha seats in Maharashtra, both NCP and Congress may possibly contest on 20 seats each. The remaining eight seats will be allotted to others allies,” NCP leader Praful Patel said recently.
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