Jaya Bachchan files nomination for RS by-poll

Film actress Jaya Bachchan on Thursday filed her nomination papers for the Rajya Sabha bye-poll from Uttar Pradesh [ Images ] as a Samajwadi Party candidate.

Bachchan filed two sets of nomination papers before the returning officer and Uttar Pradesh Vidhan Sabha Principal Secretary R P Pandey in the presence of Chief Minister Mulayam Singh Yadav [ Images ] and Samajwadi Party National General Secretary Amar Singh [ Images ] and other senior party leaders.

Former Samajwadi MP from Muzaffarnagar Amir Alam also filed his nomination papers for the other Rajya Sabha seat.

Bachchan was disqualified in March following a complaint filed by a Kanpur-based Congress leader that she held an office of profit. She was the chairperson of Uttar Pradesh Film Development Corporation, which she quit recently.

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