Meena Iyer (DNA; January 21, 2019)

Hema Malini, who is the Bharatiya Janata Party MP from Mathura, is likely to contest in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections. The 70-year-old actress is a staunch BJP loyalist and has had a good inning. She says, “I may contest from Mathura. However, I wouldn’t like to say anything more on the subject. I will wait for the party high command to make the announcement.”

Hema adds, “My daughters — Esha and Ahaana — are settled. I have two lovely grandchildren. I have my dance and I love my constituency. I can think of so much that I can continue doing in Mathura.” Ask her if she would like a ministerial berth and she replies, “No, I’m not ambitious to want to be a minister. I would rather continue doing my social work and be of use to the people by improving infrastructure and looking at other aspects of the place that I represent.”