Political and Business Career
Rajesh Khanna was a member of Parliament for the Indian National Congress, from the New Delhi constituency, where he won the 1992 by-election, retaining his seat until the 1996 election. When Khanna was MP, he did not accept new acting assignements. After leaving parliament, he was a political activist for the INC and campaigned for the party during the 2012 Punjab election.
Khanna and a group of foreign investors bought land in Shirdi on which they planned to build a religious resort for disciples of Sai Baba of Shirdi.
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