05-05-2006, 11:51 PM
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this is for you, Enjoy it!!!!!!!!
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin--><b>Nautch girls pull heat, crowd for Sonia's rally </b>
Pioneer.com
Man Mohan Rai | Lucknow
Garishly made-up nautch girls dancing to the tune of blaring Hindi and Bhojpuri songs is the last thing you would expect at an election rally to be addressed by Congress president Sonia Gandhi.
But that is precisely what happened on Thursday when people who had gathered for a Congress election rally in Rae Bareli were treated to a dance show while they waited for Gandhi's arrival. Ostensibly, the show was staged to prevent the crowd from getting restive.
Ms Gandhi, who resigned from the Lok Sabha in the wake of the office-of-profit controversy, is seeking re-election from Rae Bareli.
The Congress president has been addressing a series of election meetings every day, On Thursday, she was late for a particular meeting and in a desperate bid to hold back the restive crowd that had gathered on a hot afternoon, Bhojpuri singer Baleshwar Yadav and his troupe of young dancers were asked to take the stage.
<b>As stunned people watched and 24x7 news channel cameras zoomed in, the dancers, clad in costumes identified with rural nautanki, provocatively swayed to loud music. After a while, the crowd joined the tamasha, clapping and whistling for more.</b>
When news channels began beaming images of the show, Congress leaders at the party headquarters in Lucknow realised that perhaps the organisers of the rally had overdone the entertainment bit. Disowning responsibility, they said Sonia Gandhi was unaware of the show.
<b>Inquiries reveal that the organisers had planned the dance in advance. Baleshwar Yadav, when contacted by the Pioneer, said his troupe had been booked by Jagdeesh Piyush, a Congress leader of Rae Bareli, to stage a performance at the venue of the rally. According to him, it's a common practice.</b>
Congress's political opponents have, however, termed the show as "bawdy." On their part, embarrassed Congress leaders are trying to justify the show, saying it was staged by a "cultural troupe of the region".
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Hahaha!!
Sonia can bring troupes from Italy.
this is for you, Enjoy it!!!!!!!!
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin--><b>Nautch girls pull heat, crowd for Sonia's rally </b>
Pioneer.com
Man Mohan Rai | Lucknow
Garishly made-up nautch girls dancing to the tune of blaring Hindi and Bhojpuri songs is the last thing you would expect at an election rally to be addressed by Congress president Sonia Gandhi.
But that is precisely what happened on Thursday when people who had gathered for a Congress election rally in Rae Bareli were treated to a dance show while they waited for Gandhi's arrival. Ostensibly, the show was staged to prevent the crowd from getting restive.
Ms Gandhi, who resigned from the Lok Sabha in the wake of the office-of-profit controversy, is seeking re-election from Rae Bareli.
The Congress president has been addressing a series of election meetings every day, On Thursday, she was late for a particular meeting and in a desperate bid to hold back the restive crowd that had gathered on a hot afternoon, Bhojpuri singer Baleshwar Yadav and his troupe of young dancers were asked to take the stage.
<b>As stunned people watched and 24x7 news channel cameras zoomed in, the dancers, clad in costumes identified with rural nautanki, provocatively swayed to loud music. After a while, the crowd joined the tamasha, clapping and whistling for more.</b>
When news channels began beaming images of the show, Congress leaders at the party headquarters in Lucknow realised that perhaps the organisers of the rally had overdone the entertainment bit. Disowning responsibility, they said Sonia Gandhi was unaware of the show.
<b>Inquiries reveal that the organisers had planned the dance in advance. Baleshwar Yadav, when contacted by the Pioneer, said his troupe had been booked by Jagdeesh Piyush, a Congress leader of Rae Bareli, to stage a performance at the venue of the rally. According to him, it's a common practice.</b>
Congress's political opponents have, however, termed the show as "bawdy." On their part, embarrassed Congress leaders are trying to justify the show, saying it was staged by a "cultural troupe of the region".
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Hahaha!!
Sonia can bring troupes from Italy.