शायद चान्स लग जाए तो वाह वाह, नही तो कोई बात नहीं

शायद चान्स लग जाए तो वाह वाह, नही तो कोई बात नहीं

She is a clinical psychologist, a documentary filmmaker and an actress who shot into the limelight with a lead role in the Marathi serial `Shwetambara'. For 41-year-old Shweta Parulekar, politics happened just by "chance''. For 18 years, she was actively involved in advertising and making educational documentary films. The trained classical singer is now one of the general secretaries of the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) and the party's Mumbai South-Central candidate. Whether she wins or not, she wants to prove her strength in the elections. "I never imagined that I would land up in a political party and contest the parliamentary elections. But now that I am heading the women's wing in the MNS, I am serious about the Lok Sabha polls,'' said Parulekar, who is set to eat into the Marathi votes. There are several Marathi pockets in this constituency and many of them have MNS supporters. Parulekar said that she was attracted to MNS chief Raj Thackeray's "dynamic'' leadership and the Marathi manoos issue, which showed concerns for locals. She has worked on a pictorial biography of Shiv Sena supremo Bal Thackeray. "I joined politics because it gives me the platform to work for a social cause and for the benefit of Maharashtrians. If elected, I will raise a voice for every Maharashtrian in Parliament,'' she stated. Among other issues she wants to take up are the concerns of those affected by the Dharavi redevelopment, environmental issues and unemployment