Navneet Kaur Rana

 Navneet Kaur Rana or Navneet Ravi Rana (born 6 April 1985) is a former Indian actress who has worked predominantly in Telugu films . She is the Member of Parliament for the 2019 Lok Sabha elections from Amravati as an independent candidate with the political support of the then partner parties of the Indian National Congress and the Nationalist Congress Party.

Personal life-                                                                                                                                              Navneet Kaur was born and raised in Mumbai . Her parents are originally from Punjab . Her father was an officer in the army. Karthika completed her education up to 10th standard at High School. After 12th standard, she started modeling. In 2011 , Ravi Rana and Navneet Kaur got married in a mass wedding ceremony along with 3,500 other couples. This mass wedding ceremony in Amravati was organized by Baba Ramdev 's organization. The then Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan , Minister Narayan Rane , actor Vivek Oberoi and Sahara's head Subroto Roy were also present at the ceremony. The Rana couple started gaining fame from then on and remained in the news.

Film career-                                                                                                                                            Navneet Kaur made her film debut with the Kannada film Darshan. She then made her Telugu debut with Seenu Vasanthi Lakshmi (2004) . Chetna (2005), Jagapati (2005), Good Boy (2005), and Bhooma (2008) are some of her later releases. Additional work includes Kalachakram, Terror, Flash News, and Jabilamma, which was a Telugu remake of the Hindi film Chameli . She was a contestant on the reality show Humma Humma on Gemini TV. She acted in the Malayalam film Love in Singapore, directed by Rafi McCartin. In 2010, she acted in the Punjabi film Lad Gaya Pecha opposite Gurpreet Ghuggi.

Political career-                                                                                                                                        Navneet Rana retired from the film industry after marrying Ravi Rana in 2011. At that time, Ravi Rana was an MLA from Badnera assembly constituency in Amravati . Navneet Rana first contested the Lok Sabha elections from Amravati in 2014 on a Nationalist Congress Party ticket. However, in this election, Navneet Rana had to accept defeat from Shiv Sena candidate Anandrao Adsul , who was a four-time MP from the Amravati Lok Sabha constituency. She stated that the reason for her defeat was that she was indirectly competing with Narendra Modi , who had rallied for the then winning candidate Anandrao Adsul.

In 2019, there was a Shiv Sena - BJP alliance for the Lok Sabha elections and Anandrao Adsul was again the alliance candidate. This time Navneet Rana was elected as an independent by a large margin. Congress - NCP supported Rana in this election. She was the only artist from Maharashtra to be elected to the Lok Sabha in 2019. Her victory was considered a major victory for an independent candidate in the neglected Shiv Sena stronghold of Vidarbha . When she was elected, she had the support of Congress-NCP, but after her election, her politics remained BJP-oriented.

At various levels, she is seen arguing with Shiv Sena and party members from time to time. Navneet Rana, who became an MP, started her conflict with Shiv Sena and Adsulas in 2014. In 2014, Rana accused Adsulas of molestation during the elections, which Adsulas denied. Navneet Rana is always in the news for some reason on the political stage.

Dispute-                                                                                                                                                      For the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, the Amravati Lok Sabha constituency was reserved for Scheduled Castes and Navneet Rana contested the election by showing a cobbler caste certificate. After her defeat in 2019, Adsul alleged that Navneet Rana's caste certificate was fake and went to court. The High Court also declared Rana's certificate invalid and imposed a fine of two lakh rupees on her. Rana's MP status was in jeopardy. But she went to the Supreme Court and, giving temporary relief , the Supreme Court stayed the High Court's decision, but Rana's MP status is hanging in the balance until the final verdict is announced.

In April 2022, she had announced to recite Hanuman Chalisa in front of Matoshree at the residence of Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray . However, she withdrew this decision due to some reason. Kaur and her husband Ravi were still arrested by the Mumbai Police; which included sections of sedition, inciting riots, and obstructing government work. Later, they were remanded in 14-day judicial custody by the local magistrate. After an appeal, the Mumbai court also granted them conditional bail.