At a glance: Nagma, the Congress candidate from Meerut LS seat

Nagma, the actress-turned-politician is the Congress candidate from Meerut Lok Sabha Constituency.Let's have a look at her journey from tinsel town to the terrains of politics.Nagma was born on 25th December, 1974 to Arvind Pratap Singh Morarji and Shama Kazi.Nagma's ancestors hail from a royal background from Jaisalmer who later migrated to Mumbai.Nagma has two step brothers – Dhanraj and Yuvraj.Nagma has recently been in news for all the wrong reasons.While campaigning in her constituency, a local Congress MLA Gajraj Sharma is alleged to have misbehaved with Nagma although Sharma has denied this and She has not spoken anything about the incident.Nagma left the venue immediately after this incident without even addressing the gathering. In a most recent incident, Nagma slapped a youth as he tried to grope her. It happened she had been campaigning in the Jali Kothi area of Meerut. The mob tried to get closer to her to catch a glimpse and this angered the actress – cum – politician. Taking advantage of the situation, a youth tried to grope her. Nagma immediately slapped the youth which created further chaos. Congress workers had a tough time controlling the crowd and had to whisk away the actress, before things could go out of control.Nagma even threatened the crowd that she would not contest from Meerut if they behaved in such unruly manner. In 2009 there were speculations that Nagma would become a Rajya Sabha member on Congress ticket to fill up the seat vacated by Vilasrao Deshmukh. But to her dismay, she wasn't selected. To this she stated, “My being a woman in the hurly burly heat of Indian politics is coming in the way of my deserving growth''. Nagma has been associated with the film industry for quite some time. She is better known for her roles in South Indian languages. She entered Bollywood with the intention of acting in Hindi films. Nagma's debut film – Baaghi: A rebel for Love- earned the highest revenue in 1990. But she never restrained herself from exploring other cultures.After performing with some Bollywood big shots like Salman Khan, Karishma Kapoor and Sanjay Dutt, Nagma moved down South. Nagma has acted in Hindi, Bhojpuri, Bengali, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Punjabi, Telugu and Tamil films. Nagma is proficient in nine languages owing to her film career. Nagma's inclination towards business encouraged her to open a boutique in West Bandra, Mumbai. It was called “Nagma”. This boutique proved to be extremely lucrative for her but she had to shut it down in 2003 due to her father's ill health. Nagma's commitment to the Congress Party was because of her admiration for Rajiv Gandhi. She also has firm faith in the secular structure of the party.Nagma is also spiritual in her personal life and she also taught at the Art of Living in Mumbai. Nagma is said to have had an affair with Sourav Ganguly. Though they are not seeing each other anymore. Nagma is a woman with a Muslim name as she has a Hindu father but a Muslim mother. Coincidently Nagma was born on Christmas. Hence she feels that there could be no better example of national integrity. Nagma has always been a voal supporter of Congress. Nagma says her commitment to the Congress Party was because of her admiration for Rajiv Gandhi, the former PM of India.