Hema Malini to be BJP candidate from Karnataka for Rajya Sabha bypoll

Veteran actoress Hema Malini will be the BJP candidate from Karnataka for the forthcoming Rajya Sabha by-poll in the state.
     
The BJP's Central Election Committee announced Malini's candidature today.
     
Malini, who completed one term in the Rajya Sabha in 2009, will get only the remaining one year term of Rajashekhar Murthy. The JD(S) leader died on December 6, 2010 due to a heart attack.
     
The actress had missed the bus in 2009 from Madhya Pradesh for the upper house in Parliament as the BJP state unit chose to field another candidate.
     
Party sources said she has been rewarded for being BJP's star campaigner and being available for party work whenever required.