04-03-2007, 07:31 AM
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Pioneer.com
Durgesh Nandan Jha | New Delhi
While big political parties like BJP and Congress are trying to bank on the senior leaders and bollywood actors, the Youth For Equality (YFE), with four candidates in the civic polls, has organised free health check-up centres to woo the voters. The doctors of All India Institute of Medical Sciences and other city hospitals are running these centres.
"Our health check-up centres are currently running at two places, Vijay Nagar and Outram Lines. Both these centres are doing well," said Pradeep Jha, a YFE candidate contesting from Guru Teg Bahadur Nagar, ward number 12. "We do not have big political leaders to campaign for us. Moreover, we do not have enough money to organise big events and hold rallies. So, we have set up these camps with our fellow doctors. In this way, we are able to help the people while building relations with them," he added.
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"The camps are a part of the social activity by the YFE members. Apart from the two areas, the camps were also organised in Nangloi and Trans-Yamuna area, where we have not fielded any candidate," said Dr Lokesh, a member of the YFE group.
"This weekend, more than 50 doctors from our hospital visited the camp. The camps run from 8 am to 8 pm," said another doctor who is doing his internship at AIIMS. The members of the group are also selling T-shirts in various educational institutions like Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), Delhi University (DU) and AIIMS to raise funds for the MCD elections.Â
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Pioneer.com
Durgesh Nandan Jha | New Delhi
While big political parties like BJP and Congress are trying to bank on the senior leaders and bollywood actors, the Youth For Equality (YFE), with four candidates in the civic polls, has organised free health check-up centres to woo the voters. The doctors of All India Institute of Medical Sciences and other city hospitals are running these centres.
"Our health check-up centres are currently running at two places, Vijay Nagar and Outram Lines. Both these centres are doing well," said Pradeep Jha, a YFE candidate contesting from Guru Teg Bahadur Nagar, ward number 12. "We do not have big political leaders to campaign for us. Moreover, we do not have enough money to organise big events and hold rallies. So, we have set up these camps with our fellow doctors. In this way, we are able to help the people while building relations with them," he added.
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"The camps are a part of the social activity by the YFE members. Apart from the two areas, the camps were also organised in Nangloi and Trans-Yamuna area, where we have not fielded any candidate," said Dr Lokesh, a member of the YFE group.
"This weekend, more than 50 doctors from our hospital visited the camp. The camps run from 8 am to 8 pm," said another doctor who is doing his internship at AIIMS. The members of the group are also selling T-shirts in various educational institutions like Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), Delhi University (DU) and AIIMS to raise funds for the MCD elections.Â
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