'Feels good': Govinda joins Shinde's Shiv Sena ahead of Lok Sabha elections

Bollywood actor Govinda on Thursday joined the Eknath Shinde's faction of the Shiv Sena party in Mumbai. The veteran actor is likely to contest Lok Sabha elections from the Mumbai North West seat.

In a video, reporters were heard asking him about joining politics again, to which Govinda said, 'bohot acha lag raha hai (it feels good).'

"I was in politics from 2004 to 2009 and that was the 14th Lok Sabha. This is an amazing coincidence that now, after 14 years, today I have come into politics again."

I would like to thank Eknath (Shinde), my friends and everyone present here. I would pray to God so that I am able to fulfill the duties given to me," Govinda said after joining the Shinde faction of the party in Mumbai.

The actor had earlier contested the 2004 Lok Sabha election on a Congress ticket. At that time, he defeated BJP stalwart Ram Naik from Virar constituency.

But he quit politics in 2009 and parted ways with Congress.

The polling will be held in five-phases on April 19, April 26, May 7, May 13, and May 20, with all six constituencies in Mumbai voting in the fifth phase. In 2019, the polls were conducted over four phases, while in 2014, they were held in three phases. It has 48 Lok Sabha seats.

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