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This firebrand lady is one of the most vocal leaders from Andhra Pradesh and has served as a Union minister before. She had twice won from the Khammam seat and was widely expected to make it a hat-trick of wins in 2009. However she failed to pull it off, despite a very strong showing in the rest of the state by her party. Who?

This former athlete had won gold medals in the Asian Games and had also won the most prestigious award in Indian sports, the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna. After retiring from sports, she won elections to the parliament from West Bengal in 2004 and was expected to win in 2009 too from the Krishnanagar seat as her party the CPI (M) had a very strong hold there. However she lost rather tamely. Which athlete am I talking about?