04-03-2007, 07:27 AM
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Rajesh Kumar | New Delhi
In the last lap of campaign for the MCD polls in the Capital, the BJP on Monday launched the heroes of its battle in Punjab and Uttarakhand to canvass for the party candidates.
<b>Cricketer-turned-politician Navjot Singh Sidhu and Uttarakhand Chief Minister Maj Gen (retd) BC Khanduri held whirlwind tour of the city addressing several public meetings</b>.
Addressing a public meeting at Bhajan Pura in trans-Yamuna, BJP MP Sidhu said that the Congress has lost the trust of the people. <b>"The party which deprives the people of their livelihood, runs bulldozers on the houses, which gets the pulses to be sold at the rate of Rs 70 per kg and wine Rs 50 per bottle. What good it can do for the society,"</b> he said. Sidhu spoke at length about the greatness of former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, in his typical proverbial language. In the end commenting on Rahul Gandhi's statement he said, <b>had Vajpayee been the Prime Minister in 1984, thousands of Sikhs would not have got murdered</b>.
<b>"Just after Rajiv Gandhi from the Gandhi family became the Prime Minister, more than five Sikhs were killed in the anti-Sikh riots in the country which was sponsored by the Congress. Today a child of that family is speaking that had a member of Gandhi family been the PM then the mosque at Ayodhaya could not have been demolished. Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru had got that site sealed,"</b> Siddhu said.
Famous for his proverbs, the BJP MP said that winter has left and summer is approaching. In the same way, Congress is leaving and BJP is coming.
"The people should be cautious of the Congress. This party is like bamboo tree which looks big but is thorny and hollow inside. BJP is like sugercane which is strong, sweet and which sweetens the mind of the people besides providing livelihood to the farmers and providing light in their kitchens and houses," Siddhu said.
When the speech was ending, someone asked from the public to say chak de phatte. Prompt came the reaction in the language of cricket, "bhaiyon chak de phatte, nap de killi, dilli uda de Congress ki killi."
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Rajesh Kumar | New Delhi
In the last lap of campaign for the MCD polls in the Capital, the BJP on Monday launched the heroes of its battle in Punjab and Uttarakhand to canvass for the party candidates.
<b>Cricketer-turned-politician Navjot Singh Sidhu and Uttarakhand Chief Minister Maj Gen (retd) BC Khanduri held whirlwind tour of the city addressing several public meetings</b>.
Addressing a public meeting at Bhajan Pura in trans-Yamuna, BJP MP Sidhu said that the Congress has lost the trust of the people. <b>"The party which deprives the people of their livelihood, runs bulldozers on the houses, which gets the pulses to be sold at the rate of Rs 70 per kg and wine Rs 50 per bottle. What good it can do for the society,"</b> he said. Sidhu spoke at length about the greatness of former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, in his typical proverbial language. In the end commenting on Rahul Gandhi's statement he said, <b>had Vajpayee been the Prime Minister in 1984, thousands of Sikhs would not have got murdered</b>.
<b>"Just after Rajiv Gandhi from the Gandhi family became the Prime Minister, more than five Sikhs were killed in the anti-Sikh riots in the country which was sponsored by the Congress. Today a child of that family is speaking that had a member of Gandhi family been the PM then the mosque at Ayodhaya could not have been demolished. Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru had got that site sealed,"</b> Siddhu said.
Famous for his proverbs, the BJP MP said that winter has left and summer is approaching. In the same way, Congress is leaving and BJP is coming.
"The people should be cautious of the Congress. This party is like bamboo tree which looks big but is thorny and hollow inside. BJP is like sugercane which is strong, sweet and which sweetens the mind of the people besides providing livelihood to the farmers and providing light in their kitchens and houses," Siddhu said.
When the speech was ending, someone asked from the public to say chak de phatte. Prompt came the reaction in the language of cricket, "bhaiyon chak de phatte, nap de killi, dilli uda de Congress ki killi."
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