The 2017 Unnao rape victim's mother, Asha Singh, is among the candidates who will contest the upcoming Assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh on a Congress ticket.
Actor-activist Sadaf Jafar - who was "kicked in the stomach by a male cop" after being arrested during anti-CAA protests in Lucknow in December 2019 - will contest next month's UP election from the Lucknow (central) seat on a Congress ticket.