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Jayaprada still undecided on returning to TDP

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Rampur MP facing dilemma and is angling for an RS seat

Elections to six RS seats from State due over the next two months
Naidu keen on her return, but not willing to meet her conditions

Jayaprada

HYDERABAD: Film star and Samajwadi Party Member of Parliament Jayaprada has not taken a final decision on returning to the Telugu Desam Party fold.

Sources close to her said she was not in a hurry and was in the process of weighing the political options before her.

A day after media speculation about her joining the Telugu Desam Party, Ms. Jayaprada is said to be discussing her political future with her close friends.

In a way, she is facing a dilemma. If she joins the Telugu Desam Party now, it could attract the anti-defection law and she could also lose her Lok Sabha membership from Rampur in Uttar Pradesh.

RS seat

Sources said she was bargaining for a Rajya Sabha membership as the Telugu Desam Party has enough strength in the Assembly to return two Rajya Sabha members. Elections to six Rajya Sabha seats from the State are due over the next two months.

She had made this clear to Telugu Desam Party leaders who are in touch with her. But the party president, N. Chandrababu Naidu, though keen on her return, was strongly against accepting such conditions. He is believed to have told senior leaders that she should first return to the party fold and leave such decisions to the party.

Few options?

When contacted, these leaders admitted that she was keen on a Rajya Sabha seat but expressed confidence that she would indeed return with options for her drying up and her mentor, Amar Singh, looking more inclined towards joining the Congress.

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