Characters from epics, films take centre stage in MP poll campaign
The Hindu
Leaders across party lines in MP refer to Bollywood movies & epics to woo voters. Congress's Randeep Surjewala likened Kamal Nath & Digvijaya Singh to 'Jai' & 'Veeru' in Sholay. BJP said they were known as "thieves". Nath called CM Chouhan 'Gabbar'. PM Modi said Cong. leaders, dialogues & announcements are "filmy". Priyanka Gandhi Vadra compared Chouhan to Amitabh Bachchan & Modi to Salman Khan's "Tere Naam". Kharge likened Central agencies & BJP to "Panch Pandav" in Mahabharat. Polling on Nov 28, counting on Dec 3.
Amid the high-voltage campaign for Madhya Pradesh Assembly election, leaders across party lines referred to various popular characters from Bollywood movies and the epics Ramayan and Mahabharat while trying to woo voters.
After a controversy between former Chief Ministers Kamal Nath and Digvijaya Singh over distribution of Congress tickets, party general secretary in-charge of MP Randeep Surjewala sought to downplay it by describing the relation between the two veteran leaders as akin to the bond shared by characters 'Jai' and 'Veeru' in the 1975 Hindi movie Sholay.
A row had erupted over M.P. Congress chief Nath's "tear clothes" jibe at his party colleague Mr. Singh.
The roles of 'Jai' and 'Veeru' in the blockbuster film were played by veteran actors Amitabh Bachchan and Dharmendra, respectively.
Latching on to Mr. Nath's comments, the ruling BJP in the State said 'Jai' and 'Veeru' were known as "thieves" in the film.
Later, Mr. Nath termed Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan as 'Gabbar', the movie's lead villain, and accused him of looting the State through various scams.
Mr. Chouhan subsequently said: "Congress leaders are talking about the duo [Mr. Nath and Mr. Singh] as Jai-Veeru. Now, the duo is not Jai-Veeru. There was a film 'Mere Apne' in which the duo named 'Shyam' and 'Chaine' used to fight for the possession of their respective localities. This divided Congress can never do any good to the State,” the CM said.
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