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Go home and vote: Sidhu to NRBs
Navjot Singh Sidhu is cracking jokes on the campaign trail in a bid to boil the Bihari blood to vote for change.
Cricketer, TV showman and BJP MP Navjot Singh Sidhu is cracking jokes on the campaign trail in a bid to boil the Bihari blood to vote for change.
Sidhu's joke: "A donkey always nods vertically in the affirmative. I took up the challenge to make it say no. Walked up and whispered in its ear. It swayed its head horizontally several times. What did you say, everyone asked in surprise. Elementary, I said. I asked the donkey, do you want the return of the Lalu raj?"
"Jokes apart, I am here to caution the people of Bihar," he told TOI late on Sunday evening, repeating an Urdu couplet he delivers in his meetings: "Musibat aane wali hai/ teri barbadion ke mashware hain aasmano mein/ na samjhoge to mit jaoge, e Biharwalon/ tumhari dastaan tak na hogi dastaano mein (Disaster is round the corner; ominous message of your ruin is in the skies.
If you don't understand this, O people of Bihar, even your saga won't remain). In an ode to Bihari brilliance, he said that a dozen city councillors in Ludhiana are Biharis. But the youth are disillusioned, not prepared to stay in Bihar, he added.
The BJP leader further derided the SDF campaign to tarnish the EC with what he called a communal, casteist brush instead of appreciating its role in restoring the sanctity of polls.
"This is a deliberate attempt to spread hatred," he said, wanting to convey a message to both Hindus and Muslims in verse: "Worship is not merely rolling the rosary. It is feeding the hungry, making the crying laugh and to rehabilitate the uprooted."
Taking a short Diwali break from the Bihar campaign on Sunday night, he said, "I am going to appeal to the Biharis in Delhi and Punjab. I will tell them: Bihar is poised for change; so go home and vote in order to make the verdict decisive."
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