When Dimple Kapadia admitted she was ‘very scared’ for Rajesh Khanna when he contested elections, said she ‘begged’ people to vote for him

When asked if she expected Rajesh Khanna to win, Dimple Kapadia said that she was “very scared for him” and it was actually a surprise that he won. “I was scared for him. I was really scared for him. And it was a very pleasant surprise that he won. I am very very glad that he won,” she said. Rajesh had contested from New Delhi seat during the 1991 Lok Sabha elections, which he lost at first. After the winning MP resigned, he again contested for the seat in 1992 and won. He left active politics after 1996.

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Dimple was asked about the promises that she made during his campaign and how she got people to vote for him. She said, “I didn’t make any promises. I begged them. That’s what I did. At times, I would take my dupatta and go like that (gestures putting her arms out.) I genuinely begged them and asked them for it and they gave it to me.” Calling the experience of campaigning the “greatest experience of my life”, she called it “incredible” because of the love she received.

Dimple Kapadia and Rajesh Khanna got married when she was only 15 and he was twice her age. The couple separated after nine years of marriage and never reconciled again. He was passed away in 2012 at 69.