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From Gambhir to Deepa Malik, people from other fields enter into politics

Until recently with the Janata Dal (Secular), Ali joined the Bahujan Samaj Party as part of an understanding between the two parties and is now the candidate of the Mayawati-led party from Amroha

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Going with the wind
 
Many say this Himachal family is a fairly reliable indicator of which way the wind might be blowing in the state. On Monday, state politician Sukh Ram (pictured) joined the Congress along with his grandson Ashray Sharma. Ram's son Anil Sharma had quit the Congress weeks before the Himachal Pradesh Assembly polls in 2017, following which a BJP government replaced the Congress one in the state. Congress sources said Ram's grandson could contest on the Congress ticket from the Mandi Lok Sabha seat. Ram is also known for the 1996 'telecom scam', after which he and

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