As per the below assessment—Samajwadi Party’s Jaya Bachchan & TMC’s Mimi Chakraborty are smartly playing their cards against Hon’ble Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Bollywood stars-celebrities, Kangana Ranaut to Jaya Bachchan: 5 actress-turned-political leaders are playing a vital role in the Minister led by Hon’ble Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi.
- Samajwadi party’s Jaya Bachchan—A member of the Samajwadi Party, has been serving as the Rajya Sabha MP since 2004 to date. Recently, Bachchan was in the headlines over her name controversy in the Rajya Sabah
- TMC’s Mimi Chakraborty, Member of Parliament 23 May 2019 to 4 June 2024—of the ruling Trinamool Congress party in West Bengal, Mimi Chakraborty has also served as an MP from May 2009 to June 2024 from the Jadavpur seat. Early this year, in February, Chakraborty resigned from her post. Known for Bengali films such as ‘Bapi Bari Ja,’ Chakraborty has also acted in Hindi movies including ‘Shastry Virudh Shastry’ and Bangladeshi film ‘Toofan.’
- Present status—on February 15, 2024, she resigned from her position, citing dissatisfaction with the party leadership and expressing her struggles within the political environment.
- BJP party Hema Malini—before officially joining the BJP in 2004 had campaigned for the political party when late actor Vinod Khanna was contesting for the Gurdaspur seat in the Lok Sabah election.
- BJP party Kangana Ranaut, Member of Parliament June2024 till present—The latest entry of a Bollywood actress into the political world, announced as the Bharatiya Janata Party’s Lok Sabah the General Elections 2024 from Himachal Pradesh’s Mandi constituency.
- BJP’s Kiron Kher, former Member of Parliament 16 May 2014 to 4 June 2024—The two-time National Film Awards-winner was twice elected as the BJP’s Lok Sabha MP from Chandigarh constituency. She served on the post from 2014-2024. Though she is no longer an MP, Kher continues to be a member of the BJP, which she joined in 2019. During the 2019 general election that she contested, Kher won her seat by a margin of 46,970 votes.