Reports say that actress and Samajwadi Party member Jaya Prada is all set to join BJP. Here are a few facts you should know about her
On Thursday, former IPS officer Kiran Bedi joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). Amidst this announcement, speculations were rife about Jaya Prada joining the party too. The actor- turned-politician was expelled from Samajwadi Party in 2010 and joined RLD in March 2014. Following are the few things you ought to know about Jaya Prada.
- Jaya Prada, born as Lalita Rani, grew up in Andhra Pradesh. Her father, Krishna Rao was a Telugu film financer. She was initiated into dancing at a young age by her mother. At the age of 14, after seeing her dance performance, a Telugu director offered her a ten-minute dance number in a film named Bhoomi Kosam.
- This dance number gave Jaya Prada the popularity required for her to enter the film industry. Following this, she starred in a number of South Indian films, all of them proved to be a box office hit. She acted in Tamil, Malayalam, Telugu, Kannada and Hindi movies and was a major success everywhere. She has acted alongside big actors like Kamal Haasan, Mohan Lal, Rajnikanth, Amitabh Bachchan etc.
- Jaya Prada married producer Srikant Nahata in 1986. Nahata was a married man with three children before he tied the knot with Jaya Prada. He did not divorce his first wife before marrying Jaya Prada, which created a lot of controversy. Jaya Prada and Srikant Nahata have no children together.
- In 1994, her co-star and very good friend NT Rama Rao initiated her into politics and asked her to become a part of Telugu Desam Party (TDP). In 1996, she was nominated to the Rajya Sabha representing Andhra Pradesh. She also held the post of Telugu Mahila President. Later, under the Chandrababu Naidu leadership, Jaya Prada quit TDP and joined Samajwadi Party. She was expelled from Samajwadi Party for indulging in anti-party activities. She was accused of passing indecent comments about the party in a press conference which led to her expulsion. She joined RLD in March 2014 and contested in the general elections from Bijnor, but lost. On Thursday, reports said that Jaya Prada is set to join BJP, accusing Samajwadi Party of not respecting women.
- Jaya Prada has courted two major controversies while she was a part of Samajwadi Party. In 2009, Jaya Prada was issued notice by the Election Commission for violating code of conduct by distributing bindis to women in Rampur's Swar locality. The same year she accused senior leader of Samajwadi party Azam Khan of circulating her nude pictures.
She was considered a close aide of Samajwadi Party MLA, Amar Singh. In 2010, both of them were expelled from the party and together they joined RLD in March 2014.
Jaya Prada has informed the media that talks are on with BJP about her association with them and that she will speak to the media once everything is finalised.
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