Former CMs, film stars among 280 first-term members of Lok Sabha

Uttar Pradesh has 45 new members, including actor Arun Govil

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Former chief ministers, film stars, political activists and a former high court judge figure among the 280 first-term members of the Lok Sabha.

Uttar Pradesh, the largest state that sends 80 members to the Lok Sabha, has 45 first-term members of the lower house, which include actor Arun Govil, who played to role of Lord Ram in teleseries Ramayan, from Meerut Parliamentary seat, Congress leader Kishori Lal Sharma, who defeated BJP's Smriti Irani in Amethi, and Dalit rights activist Chandrashekhar Azad, of the Azad Samaj Party, a member from Nagina seat.