Child campaigner attracts large crowds

NEW DELHI, November 20: Four and half year-old Sadhna Bharati has been holding audiences spellbound with her oratory skills during election rallies on behalf of the candidates propped up by the Rashtriya Mukti Morcha (RMM). Addressing a rally at Jehangirpuri in support of independent candidate Ramphal Tyagi yesterday, she urged the voters to be prudent while exercising their franchise. “Leaders are coming to grab your vote by hook or by crook, but you should be vigilant,” she said.

The candidates for whom she is campaigning have been selected by a candidate selection committee on behalf of the RMM. Its convenor, Jawahar Jain, has urged the people not to think along the lines of religion, caste or the party affiliation.

In her short speech, Sadhana focussed on the corruption plaguing the country and the responsibility of the politicians. She said: “Mein neta nahin banna chahati hoon, mein unko sudharna chahati hoon (I do not want to become a leader, but I want to reform them)”.