Roopa Ganguly to play new role, replaces Navjot Singh Sidhu in RS
Ganguly, who is best known for her role as Draupadi in mythological television serial Mahabharat, had, however, lost the first election she fought as a BJP candidate in the West Bengal Assembly Polls earlier this year.
She will now fill in the gap created by Sidhu post his resignation from the Upper House of the Parliament.
The cricketer-turned-politician had resigned from the Rajy Sabha on July 18 over differences with the BJP party.
Sidhu had been upset with the BJP since 2014, when his parliamentary constituency of Amritsar was assigned to Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, who lost the election.
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