Hema Malini, Salman Khurshid and Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav's wife Dimple were among the high-profile candidates who filed nomination papers for the Lok Sabha polls in Uttar Pradesh Thursday.
Dimple Yadav filed her papers from Kannauj, where she is the incumbent MP. She told journalists in the presence of her husband that Kannauj had always stood by the Samajwadi Party and she hoped to win again.
Bollywood actor Hema Malini filed her papers from Mathura as the Bharatiya Janata Party candidate.
She was, however, handed over a notice by the Election Commission after her supporters raised slogans in her favour in the collector's office even as the nomination process was on.
Filed his nomination papers as the Congress candidate from Farrukhabad, External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid asserted that his party was the best bet for the country's all-round development.
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