Mumbai, April 8: Actor-turned-politician Urmila Matondkar on Monday conducted a road show after filing her nomination as Congress candidate from Mumbai North parliamentary constituency. Matondkar expressed hope that her political journey would be a wonderful one and that she was in the party to stay. "Safar bahut lamba hoga aur mujhe poori ummeed hai achha hoga. I'm very confident, I can feel people's support", Matondkar said.

According to reports, the Mumbai North constituency has 17.83 lakh voters, comprising a majority of nearly 40 percent Gujaratis, followed by Maharashtrians, North Indians and the minorities like Muslims and Christians, Jains and Parsis. Urmila Matondkar, Congress Candidate From Mumbai North, Seen Celebrating the Joyous Festival, See Pics.

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The 45-year-old politician will contest against the main rival, sitting Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Gopal Shetty. Upon joining the party on March 29, she dismissed all apprehensions on her political role, saying, "I am here to stay - even after the elections. Matondkar, who is married to a Kashmiri, M.A. Mir, Matondkar poses a formidable challenge to Shetty in the constituency, which was once regarded a BJP bastion.

The six Lok Sabha constituencies in Mumbai are scheduled to go for polls on April 29, along with 17 others in the state's fourth phase of elections. Reports inform that Mumbai North is one of two constituencies out of 48 in the state which has a glamorous personality in the fray in the 2019 elections.

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