MUMBAI: Actor-turned-politican Urmila Matondkar recently joined the Congress party. Now, according to the latest report, She will contest the upcoming Lok Sabha election from Mumbai North parliamentary constituency.  The decision to field the acclaimed actor from Mumbai North was taken Congress Central Election Committee.

Matondkar who joined Congress on Wednesday will take on sitting BJP MP Gopal Shetty.The Actor-turned-politican joined party in the presence of party chief Rahul Gandhi, Mumbai Congress president Milind Deora, party spokesperson Priyanka Chaturvedi and Randeep Surjewala.

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On joining the party, Matondkar said, "I am grateful to Congress president Rahul ji for the warm welcome. Today is an important day because I am taking my first step in active politics. My personality and thinking is based on Mahatma Gandhi, Jawaharlal Nehru and Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel.”

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She further added that "I was always taught the values of freedom, of our constitution and of our democracy.  Today, there are too many questions on the minds of people and it is for this that I have joined politics.”