Preity Zinta says not contesting elections

Mumbai: Actress Preity Zinta has denied news reports that she may contest Lok Sabha elections against Congress MP Priya Dutt on a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) ticket.

According to media reports here, the BJP is keen to rope in Preity to fight against Priya Dutt from the North-Central Mumbai constituency.

When asked about the same by a follower on social networking platform Twitter, Preity responded: "Where did you read this? Please tear that paper because it`s 100 percent untrue."

The actress, co-owner of Kings XI Punjab IPL team, ventured into film production last year with `Ishkq in Paris`.

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