Shazia had joined Bhartiya Janata Party ahead of the Delhi assembly election 2015 challenging the leadership of Aam Admi Party convener Arvind Kejriwal. Shazia, a famous TV journalist was associated with Anna Hazare’s anti-graft campaign in 2012. Later she joined hands with Arvind Kejriwal's political outfit and contested unsuccessful Lok Sabha elections 2014 from Ghaziabad but lost against BJP’s V K Singh.