Bikaner: Film actor Dharamendra today (Apr 15, 2004) filed his nomination from the Bikaner Lok Sabha constituency in Rajasthan as a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate amidst much fanfare.

Dharamendra has been fielded against Congress' sitting Member of Parliament (MP) Rameshwarlal Dudi in this traditional Jat belt of the desert State which has always voted for Congress except once.

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Dharamendra's actor son Sunny Deol and some local BJP leaders were by his side when he filed his nomination for the May 5 election.