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This former actress hails from Andhra Pradesh and has starred in many in Telugu, Tamil, Kannada and Hindi films in the 1970s and 1980s. She made her entry to the upper house of the Indian parliament as a Telugu Desam member but broke away from the party and joined the Samajwadi Party, on whose ticket she won from Rampur in Uttar Pradesh in 2004. After a bitter campaign in 2009 involving her own party leaders, she managed to retain her seat. Which actress is this?

  1. Jayasudha

  2. Jayaprada

  3. Shabana Azmi

  4. Jaya Bachhan
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Explanation

Jayaprada is correct. She is a former actress from Andhra Pradesh, started as TDP member in Rajya Sabha, joined SP, won from Rampur in 2004, and retained in 2009 despite internal party conflict. Jayasudha, Shabana Azmi, and Jaya Bachchan are other actresses but not associated with Rampur or this political trajectory.

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