Bollywood actor-turned-politician Shatrughan Sinha's wife Poonam Sinha on Thursday filed her nomination from Lucknow Parliamentary Constituency on Thursday. The veteran actor, an SP-BSP-RLD candidate from Lucknow had joined Samajwadi Party two days ago. She is pitted against Union Minister Rajnath Singh in the constituency. Rajnath had won from Lucknow in the 2014 general elections.

The decision to field Poonam Sinha as the joint opposition candidate against Rajnath Singh is an attempt by the opposition parties to keep the Union Home Minister confined to his constituency.