Mumbai: There are chances that actor Nana Patekar might contest against Priya Dutt from North-central Mumbai as it is believed that Patekar has decided to set his feet in politics. The sources claimed that the actor might become a part of Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) soon. The proposal of Patekar contesting in Lok Sabha election has been sent to party’s prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi and the approval from central election committee is awaited.
According to the sources, the party has been searching a strong contender for this seat. If Patekar gets a nod to contest, the battle will be interesting to witness. Modi will keep the proposal soon in from of the central election committee.
Priya Dutt defeated the contender of BJP Mahesh Jathmalani last time and before Priya, her father late Sunil Dutt had been the MLA from this seat. The place consists of maximum of celebrities from the cinema world. However the deciding factor will be the votes of Muslims, dalits and north Indians.
Before Nana Patekar, the proposal for this seat was of Anupam Kher but it couldn’t get approval. Apart from Patekar, Mohit Kamboj has also presented himself for the seat. The sources revealed that the challenges posed by Kamboj are very weak when it comes to contesting against Priya Dutt.
Actor Nana Patekar likely to get green signal from BJP to contest against Priya Dutt in LS polls - daily.bhaskar.com