Priya Dutt visits Siddhivinayak Temple ahead of filing nominationApril 6th, 2009 MUMBAI - Congress leader Priya Dutt stopped over at the Siddhivinayak Temple in Mumbai today ahead of filing her nominations for the North Central Mumbai constituency. She won the same seat in 2004.
Nafisa Ali replaces Sanjay Dutt as SP candidate from LucknowApril 5th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Samajwadi Party (SP) on Sunday announced Nafisa Ali as its candidate from the Lucknow parliamentary constituency for upcoming general elections. Nafisa will replace actor Sanjay Dutt, who was denied permission to contest the Lok Sabha polls by the Supreme Court.
I was not surprised by Supreme Court's decision: Sanjay DuttMarch 31st, 2009 LUCKNOW - Bollywood actor-turned- politician Sanjay Dutt on Tuesday said he was not surprised by the Supreme Court's decision to disallow him from contesting the upcoming general elections. "I was not surprised by the Supreme Court's decision.
Parties in Uttar Pradesh welcome SC denial to Sanjay DuttMarch 31st, 2009 LUCKNOW - All the major political outfits in Uttar Pradesh, including the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP), the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Congress Tuesday welcomed the Supreme Court's order refusing to stay the conviction of Bollywood actor Sanjay Dutt, Samajwadi Party's (SP) Lok Sabha candidate for Lucknow. 'Our party knew the fate of Sanjay Dutt,' BSP general secretary Satish Chandra Mishra told reporters.
'Congress will not put up candidate against Sanjay Dutt'March 28th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Congress party Saturday said it would not field a candidate against Bollywood star Sanjay Dutt if he contested from Lucknow. 'If Sanjay Dutt contests from Lucknow, we will not put up a candidate against him,' Digvijay Singh, Congress general secretary in-charge of Uttar Pradesh, told reporters here in response to a question.
Sanjay Dutt goes to Mumbai to shoot song for 'Luck'March 24th, 2009 MUMBAI - Sanjay Dutt took some time out from campaigning for the Lok Sabha polls in Lucknow to fly to Mumbai and shoot a song for Soham Shah's 'Luck'. Taking a short break from shooting the song Dutt said: 'This is a commitment I had to fulfil.
Sanjay Dutt vows to work for the common manMarch 16th, 2009 LUCKNOW - Bollywood actor-turned-politician Sanjay Dutt has promised to work for the betterment of the people, if voted to power. Addressing reporters after visiting a temple here, Dutt said that he would follow the footsteps of his father Sunil Dutt.
I have my roots in Lucknow: Sanjay DuttMarch 16th, 2009 LUCKNOW - Countering the charge of being an outsider in Lucknow, Bollywood star and Samajwadi Party candidate Sanjay Dutt Sunday said he has his roots in this city. Dutt was upset when mediapersons told him that Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate Lalji Tandon had called him an outsider.
Sanjay Dutt not a serious candidate: Sushma SwarajMarch 1st, 2009 RANCHI - Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Sushma Swaraj said here Saturday that Bollywood star Sanjay Dutt, who will be contesting the Lok Sabha poll from Lucknow on a Samjawadi Party ticket, is not a serious candidate. 'Lalji Tandon (the BJP candidate from Lucknow) is a serious politician and Sanjay Dutt is a non-serious candidate,' Swaraj, who was here to launch the party's election campaign in Chhattisgarh, told reporters.
Sanjay Dutt in Lucknow to discuss poll strategyFebruary 17th, 2009 LUCKNOW - Bollywood star and the Samajwadi Party candidate from Lucknow Sanjay Dutt will meet party workers later Wednesday to formulate strategy for the upcoming Lok Sabha polls and interact with various sections of the public. Dutt, who arrived here Tuesday night, will also visit a house in the congested Aminabad locality where his father Sunil Dutt lived for nearly four years till 1951 while he worked with All India Radio.
Sanjay will not contest if Vajpayee doesJanuary 16th, 2009 LUCKNOW - Film star Sanjay Dutt Saturday clarified that he will not contest lok Sabha elections from the Lucknow constituency if the sitting MP, former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, decides to seek re-election. 'I have tremendous regard for Vajpayee-ji, so if he decides to seek re-election from here, then I would not like to contest against him,' Dutt told mediapersons after his first political road show.
Sanjay 'undecided' about politics; he was consulted, says Amar SinghJanuary 14th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Confusion reigned Thursday on Sanjay Dutt's political debut. While the Bollywood star maintained he has not taken a decision on joining politics, Samajwadi Party general secretary Amar Singh said he had announced Dutt's name for a party ticket only after consulting him.
If Sanjay Dutt cannot contest, we will request Manyata: Amar SinghJanuary 9th, 2009 NEW DELHI - If Bollywood star Sanjay Dutt is not qualified to contest the Lok Sabha elections, his wife Manyata could be the Samajwadi Party candidate from Lucknow in his place, party general secretary Amar Singh said here Saturday. 'If Sanjay Dutt is unable to contest the polls, we will request the Dutt family to allow (his wife) Manyata to fight from Lucknow,' Amar Singh told reporters here.
If Sanjay Dutt can't contest, Manyata will be our candidate: Amar SinghJanuary 9th, 2009 NEW DELHI - If Bollywood star Sanjay Dutt is not qualified to contest the Lok Sabha elections, his wife Manyata will be the Samajwadi Party candidate in his place, party general secretary Amar Singh said here Saturday. 'If Sanjay Dutt is unable to contest the polls, we will request the Dutt family to allow (his wife) Manyata to fight from Lucknow,' Amar Singh told reporters here.
Sanjay Dutt to be Samajwadi Party candidate from LucknowJanuary 7th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Bollywood film star Sanjay Dutt will be the Samajwadi Party candidate to contest the next Lok Sabha elections from Lucknow, the party announced here Thursday. Party general secretary Amar Singh told reporters that if Dutt was disallowed from contesting the elections because of the criminal cases against him, the party would move the Election Commission or the Supreme Court.
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