Renowned dancer and social activist Mallika Sarabhai disclosed at Ahmedabad on Thursday that she will contest in the ensuing parliamentary polls as an independent candidate from Gandhinagar in Gujarat.
She would be contesting against Bharatiya Janata Party's prime ministerial candidate L K Advani, who has twice won from the constituency.
Mallika Sarabhai, who in the recent years as a social activist, has posed stern opposition to the Hindu rightist factions in Gujarat.
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