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Olympic wrestlers Vinesh Phogat and Bajrang Punia have entered politics, joining a long line of wrestlers who have tried their hand in the political arena. Dara Singh even served as a Member of Parliament. Let's learn about the wrestlers who contested elections or participated in politics.

Many actors are turning their interest from acting to politics, while many are balancing both together. Here is a list of actors who have joined politics.

Sushil Kumar Modi is an Indian politician and member of the BJP. In the year 1962, he became a member of RSS. He served as Bihar’s Deputy Chief Minister in 2005, 2010, and 2017. Presently, he is a Member of Parliament in the Rajya Sabha from Bihar.

Atal Bihari Vajpayee is the former Prime Minister of India. In 1957, he was elected as the Member of Parliament for the first time from Balrampur constituency. In 1980, he laid the foundation of Bharatiya Janata Party. He served as the President of the party for the first five years.

Subhash Chandra is a politician, and the Chairman of Essel Group. In the year 1992, along with Li Ka Shing, he started India's first Hindi language cable channel ‘Zee TV’. In the year 2005, he launched a newspaper - DNA (Daily News and Analysis) with Dainik Bhaskar Group.

Founder Trustee of NBF & Member of Parliament Sri Rajeev Chandrasekhar donated 15 oxygen concentrators to Member of Parliament Tejasvi Surya who along with NBF will identify patients who would urgently need oxygen concentrator support

Senior Congress leader Abhishek Singhvi has expressed his support to deport British Labour Party Member of Parliament, Debbie Abrahams. 

Is love possible without freedom? Does politics define the fine lines of a personal love relationship? These question arises when one reads the 18-month correspondence between Madhu Dandavate, a five-time Member of Parliament from the Rajapur constituency of Maharashtra and his wife Pramila, a political activist, who were imprisoned during the Emergency imposed by then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi. Lodged in separate jails — Madhu in Bangalore Central Jail and Pramila in Yerwada Central Jail – they wrote nearly 200 letters to each other during captivity. Let’s find out more about their story in this episode of India Untold with Sunita Iyer.

Congress Member of Parliament from Rajya Sabha Husain Dalwai slammed BJP MP Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur and also called out the BJP over Hindu terrorism.

In a tweet, Member of Parliament, Rajeev Chandrasekhar urged National Commission for the Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) to intervene and ensure justice is meted out in the case that deals with the brutal rape and murder of the minor siblings in Kerala's Walayar.

Yediyurappa will have to prove majority tomorrow in the Assembly. Currently, the number of MLAs in the House is 207, making 104 the magic number. MP Shobha Karandlaje feels BJP will win the trust vote.

CBI had summoned Derek O’Brien in connection with the Saradha chit fund case. The Trinamool Congress MP has now informed the CBI that he will appear before the agency on August 7.

In his first stint as MP, Kolar MP Muniswamy took officials to task and directed them to clear garbage from streets immediately.

The fight is between the four-time former lawmaker and Congress candidate Pawan Kumar Bansal and the Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) sitting member of Parliament Kirron Kher. Even the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) is not behind which has fielded Harmohan Dhawan

According to the complaint filed with the Delhi Police, 8 persons including activist lawyer Prashant Bhusan, journalist Chaturvedi, Sanjay Singh – AAP member of parliament have been named