the jain hawala diary case instead bjp candidate vijay harishchandra patel defeated khanna by 61164 votessmriti iraniunion minister smriti irani first came into the limelight with the serial kyunki saans bhi kabhi bahu thi but her official entry into politics was in 2003 when she was chosen as the officebearer of the maharashtra bjp s womens wing she has served as bjp national secretary twice and was a memberof the bjp national executive five times she was also the national president of the bjp womens wing irani contested the 14th lok sabha election from the chandni chowk seat but lost in august 2011 she was elected as a rajya sabha mp from gujarat she then contested against rahul gandhi from the amethi lok sabha seat in 2014 and losthowever she contested again from the amethi seat and defeated rahul gandhi in 2019paresh rawalbollywood actor paresh rawals actor wife swaroop sampat played a crucial role in his short but successful political career sampat who has phd in educating children with learning disabilities and volunteered in rural areas wrote to modi the cm in 2008 he promptly replied and she began working with the gujarat council for educational research and training through her rawal grew close to modi and campaigned for him in the 2012 assembly election his aggressive speeches attacking the congress drew huge crowds the bjp dropped its most successful legislator seventime mp harin pathak from the ahmedabad east constituency in 2014 and replaced him with rawal tdefeated his congress rival himmatsinh patel by a margin of 3 26 lakh voteshitu kanodiathe son of veteran gujarati actor naresh kanodia hitu debuted as a child artist in his fathers film he went on to become a superstar of gujarati cinema with his powerful screen presence his repertoire includes movies like no tension nahin re chute taaro saath daldu didhu me kartak na mela ma and the recently released raado his popularity prompted the bjp to give him a ticket from kadi in the 2012 assembly poll but he lost to congresss ramesh chavda by merely 1200 votes he came back strong in the 2017 assembly poll to defeat congress leader manilal vaghela in idarmallika sarabhaipadma bhushan awardee mallika sarabhai was first asked by congress leader rajiv gandhi to step into the political battlefield in 1984 though she refused the offer the multihyphenated personality chose to stand as an independent against bjp leader l k advani from the gandhinagar seat in march 2009 mallika renowned worldwide as a theatre personality dancer tv presenter actress and activist lost by a huge margin and forfeited her election deposit the daughter of classical dancer mrinalini sarabhai and space scientist vikram sarabhai mallika has acted in scores of gujarati films including the hit mena gurjari and also starred in bollywood movies in 2014 she joined the aam aadmi party for a brief whileupendra and arvind trivediupendra trivedi was known as abhinay samrat and his brother arvind was famous for his role as lankesh in ramanand sagars