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Hero gets a dream girl
GURDASPUR: Every hero needs a heroine, and a dream entry. For the BJP8217;s Gurdaspur Lok Sabha seat candidate and one-time star, Vinod Khanna, this has come in the form of Hema Malini. Addressing rallies here on Sunday, the one-time 8220;dream girl8221; described Khanna as an honest person who always stood by his words, and appealed to the voters to re-elect him. As people jostled to have a look, she also asked them to vote for the Akali-BJP alliance to strenghthen the hands of Atal Behari Vajpayee. 8220;We need just one vote of yours to enable Vajpayee to form the next government,8221; she stressed.Khanna himself talked about the Rs 2.12 crore he had 8220;spent on various developmental works in Gurdaspur district from the Constituency Development Fund8221;. A survey is being done for the construction of a bridge over river Beas in the area, the sitting MP, who has had a poor showing in Act I, added. Now, if only it would get Khanna across troubled waters.
FARIDKOT: Sikh panth de tin gaddar 8212; Mann, Tohra, Jagmeet Brar reads the slogan on the wall of a government school in Mahuana, near Lambi, in the Faridkot Lok Sabha constituency. Next to it is another one 8212; Sukhbir Leao, Jagmeet Gappi Bhajao. And Mann, Tohra and Jagmeet Brar are not amused.Taking offence at the 8220;demeaning8221; slogans 8212; which can be seen scribbled on many a wall in this area,including Badal village 8212; All India Shiromani Akali Dal president Gurcharan Singh Tohra has decided to make a formal complaint to the CEC. Speaking over the phone, he said he did not know whose handiwork it was but he would demand an inquiry by the EC to 8220;unearth the conspiracy8221;.
