He has been a three-time Lok Sabha member and is currently a Rajya Sabha member from Uttarakhand. Raj Babbar, a three-term Lok Sabha MP, is currently a Rajya Sabha member from Uttarakhand. Months ahead of the Assembly elections, the Congress has named actor-turned-politician Raj Babbar as the chief of its Uttar Pradesh unit. He was a Rajya Sabha member earlier also. CONGRESS' SELECTION DILEMMAAppointing party unit heads in states which will be going to polls early next year has proved to be a headache for the Congress.

Source: India Today July 12, 2016 14:06 UTC