Bigg Boss 11 winner Shilpa Shinde joins Congress, Details here

In a major development ahead of Lok Sabha 2019 polls, Bhabiji Ghar Par Hain famed television actress Shilpa Shinde joined Congress party on Tuesday in presence of president of Mumbai Congress Committee Sanjay Nirupam, and party leader Charan Singh Sapra in Mumbai. 

Shilpa Shinde had debuted on Indian television in year 1999 with lead role of Angoori Bhabhi in famous daily soap 'Bhabhi Ji Ghar Par Hain'. However, she left show in 2016. Her exit from show was quite controversial, wherein she cited health concerns for her exit. However, this incident got her into trouble for a breach of show's contract leading to a bitter fight between her and producer of show.

In October 2017, she took part in popular television reality show Big Boss 11 and came out as winner of show.  She won reality show in 2018 and was one of four finalists long with Hina Khan, Vikas Gupta, and Puneesh Sharma. Shilpa Shinde later went onto worked in comedian Sunil Grover’s cricket-based web series Jio Dhan Dhana Dhan.  

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In Lok Sabha election in 2014, Congress had won only 2 out of 48 constituencies in Maharashtra. party may contest upcoming general election in alliance with Sharad Pawar's NCP.

"Of total 48 Lok Sabha seats in Maharashtra, both NCP and Congress may possibly contest on 20 seats each. remaining eight seats will be allotted to ors allies," NCP leader Praful Patel recently told PTI.