Luv Sinha had a brief career in film, unlike his father Shatrughan Sinha, a Bollywood veteran.
Patna:
The son of actor-turned-politician Shatrughan Sinha, Luv Sinha, is set to make his political debut by contesting the Bihar elections later this month.
Luv Sinha, 37, is Bankipore’s congressional candidate, facing three-time MLA Nitin Navin of the BJP.
Bankipore is part of the Patna Sahib Lok Sabha constituency that elected former Union Minister Shatrughan Sinha twice to parliament when he was in the BJP, in 2009 and 2014.
Last year, Shatrughan Sinha, 74, ran for congressional candidate after the BJP removed him from office. He lost to the Minister of the Union, Ravi Shankar Prasad.
Bankipore is considered to be a stronghold of the BJP, as is Patna Sahib. Caste has played an important role in the election of candidates; both belong to the upper caste Kayasthas.
This is one of 70 seats that fell in congressional participation in the allocation of seats in the opposition alliance led by Rashtriya Janata Dal. Internally, the party has been circling for seats like this, more or less seen as a lost cause, where RJD had no hope of winning at all.
An interesting candidate for this seat is Pushpam Priya Chaudhary of the newly formed Plural Party, who entered politics through newspaper advertisements and once called herself the future chief minister of Bihar.
Luv Sinha had a brief career in film, unlike his father, a Bollywood veteran, and his sister Sonakshi Sinha, who has starred in several successful films. He was last seen in the 2018 movie “Paltan”. His first movie, “Sadiyaan”, was in 2010.
He is the third in his family to participate in the elections. His mother, Poonam Sinha, was the Samajwadi Party candidate for the 2019 Lucknow national elections, where Union Minister Rajnath Singh won.
Bihar will vote on October 28, November 3 and 7. The results will be announced on November 10.
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