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| Indiantelevision.com's Breaking News |
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| TV commentator Siddhu joins BJP |
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| Indiantelevision.com
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| (17 February 2004 11:30
pm) |
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| NEW DELHI: After India's finance minister unleashed
the sop opera in the run-up to the general elections, now comes the
soap opera. |
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Not content with film actors and television stars joining
the party, the king of one-liners, former cricketer and TV commentator
Navojot Singh Siddhu, is the latest arsenal in the war-chest of Bharatiya
Janata Party (BJP), which is seeking another term at the Centre during
the elections.
With BJP's ace strategist Pramod Mahajan, another one very good with
one-liners, beside him, Siddhu today announced his decision to join
politics and immediately let go of some bouncers.
''A true leader like Atal is one who turns weakness into strength
and obstacles into opportunities,'' Siddhu quipped today when asked
to describe the leadership of Prime Minister Atal B. Vajpayee.
According to United News of India (UNI), Siddhu went on to praise
the ideology of the BJP and the leadership of Vajpayee as "Kushboo
to hawa ke sath jati hai, lekin insani khusboo har disha mein jati
hai (fragrance goes in the wind's direction but human fragrance
spreads in all directions)."
Siddhu equated BJP as a party like a rock. ''BJP chattan ki taraah
Atal hai," he mouthed, while expressing regard and respect towards
the leadership of the BJP, UNI reports.
Siddhu is part of the cricket commentary team of Ten Sports that would
go to Pakistan for the forthcoming Indo-Pak cricket series.
Meanwhile, small time TV and film actor Gajendra Chauhan --- his claim
to fame is playing Yudhistir in Doordarshan's famous Mahabharata
serial in the late 1980s and early 1990s --- too has decided to join
the political fray and the BJP. Film star Suresh Oberoi has already
announced his decision to join the BJP.
Not to be left behind, the Congress Party is also contemplating roping
in some TV and film stars like Raza Murad and Govinda. The Delhi unit
of the Congress has even suggested to the party leadership that it
should consider cricket legend and occasional TV show host, Kapil
Dev, as a potential candidate for a Lower House seat in the forthcoming
elections.
In the coming days, there would be many more film and TV artistes
who are likely to join some political parties.
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