The noted dancer, Mallika Sarabhai, daughter of the famous space scientist, Vikram Sarabhai, has decided to join the poll arena to challenge the Bharatiya Janata Party prime ministerial candidate, L. K. Advani, in Gujarat’s Capital city constituency of Gandhinagar.

Ms. Sarabhai, who had also acted in several Hindi and Gujarati films, said she would contest as an Independent and would not accept the ticket of any political party.