India, Oct. 15 -- Divya Gautam, 34, cousin of late Bollywood actor Sushant Singh Rajput, on Wednesday filed her nomination as the candidate of the Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) or CPI-ML from Patna's Digha assembly constituency.

To be sure, the Opposition Mahagathbandhan alliance, which the CPI-ML is a part of, has yet to finalise its seat-sharing formula or candidate list for the two-phase polls scheduled to be held on November 6 and 11.

"Please ask my leaders about the seat-sharing. My party asked me to file a nomination from Digha, and I did," Divya Gautam said, sidestepping questions on the alliance dynamics.

A theatre practitioner and academic, Divya Gautam had declined to join government service as a supply inspecto...