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This is an archive article published on September 7, 1999

Dilip Kumar arrives late but enraptures waiting crowd

PUNE, SEPT 6: It was a long wait for the people who had gathered in large numbers at Bhople Chowk in Pune cantonment to see thespian Dili...

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PUNE, SEPT 6: It was a long wait for the people who had gathered in large numbers at Bhople Chowk in Pune cantonment to see thespian Dilip Kumar. The actor, who has captured audiences with his numerous performances on the silver screen, was here in a different role, campaigning for the Congress. He was one-and-a-half hours late and there was a mad scramble to see him closely.

Dilip Kumar just stood on the dais for fifteen minutes and waved to the crowd that cheered loudly for him. After a brief introduction by Rajya Sabha MP Suresh Kalmadi, Dilip Kumar, in his speech lasting for about ten minutes, began by saying, 8220;Yeh dastoor tha ki paach saal ke baad ek election ho, lekin aaj kal ek naya dastoor, fashion, nikla hai ki baar baar election ho rahe hai8221; elections were conducted every five years, but nowadays, there seems to be a new fashion to hold elections frequently.

Describing how the successive BJP Governments came down, he said that the party cannot govern the country. 8220;Sarkar na chalane mein yeh expert hain8221; they are experts in not running the governments. The BJP has done nothing but to divide the people and break their hearts, just like the Britishers did during their rule. But the BJP has itself starting to divide and break down, he maintained.

Dilip Kumar said that it is fortunate and probably destiny that the Congress, which has made innumerable sacrifices for the nation, has become united.

Mixing some English phrases in his speech, he said, 8220;You are constitutionally free people8221;. In the ballot paper you will see the sacrifices of the great national leaders, he observed and appealed to the people to vote for the Congress and the Republican Party of India. 8220;Yeh mauka na jaye do not waste this opportunity,8221; he maintained.

 

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