Social activist Nafisa Ali [ Images ] has returned to the Congress fold, months after contesting the Lok Sabha elections on a Samajwadi Party ticket from Lucknow [ Images ] where she had replaced actor Sanjay Dutt [ Images ].

52-year-old Nafisa, who is in Lucknow, was seen campaigning alongside Congress state president Rita Bahuguna Joshi [ Images ] for party candidate from Lucknow (West) Assembly constituency, Shyam Kishore Shukla, for the byelections on November 7.

"Nafisa has joined Congress again. She was with the party earlier too," a senior party leader told PTI on Thursday.

The former Miss India [ Images ] had contested the parliamentary elections this year on an SP ticket, replacing Dutt, who was barred by the Supreme Court from contesting the polls.