Poonam Sinha strong enough to defeat Rajnath Singh in Lucknow?

 Poonam Sinha, wife of actor-turned-politician Shatrughan Sinha, has joined the Samajwadi Party on Tuesday. The announcement was made by the party from its official Twitter handle. Sinha joined the SP in the presence of Dimple Yadav, wife of party president Akhilesh Yadav.

According to sources, Poonam Sinha will contest from Lucknow against Home Minister Rajnath as a Mahagathbandhan candidate. They said Sinha will file her nomination papers on Thursday around 10 pm. She will be accompanied by Shatrughan Sinha, who recently joined the Congress and was made party candidate from Patna Sahib constituency in Bihar, and her actor-daughter Sonakshi Sinha, sources said, adding that Dimple Yadav will also join Sinha when she files her papers.