Intensifying its campaign, actor turned politician and Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) candidate from North East Delhi Lok Sabha constituency, Manoj Tiwari reached out to voters in Purvanchali dominated Burari by holding a roadshow and appealed them to re-elect him on Sunday.
The Delhi BJP president’s four-hour-long roadshow started from Nangli village in Burari Assembly constituency, which is part of the North East Delhi Lok Sabha seat, in the morning and concluded after covering around 10 kilometres, passing through several localities across the constituency.
People lined up along the roadside and some hanged from balconies of their houses to have a glimpse of Tiwari’s road show.
Addressing the people at the Chaupal of the village in Nangli Gaon, he said “The country is scripting a new chapter in history, Tiwari said beginning his road show at Nangli asking people to vote for the BJP. The country needs a Mazboot (strong) Government not a Mazboor (helpless) Government,”.
Hitting out at the both the Congress and Aan Aadmi Party (AAP), he said that both the parties have failed on development front hence they have no right to seek votes from the people. The Congress described termed Ali Jinnah as their idol and AAP is supporting the Tukde-Tukde gang to win the election.
Tiwari said that before 2014, people were suffering due to terrorism, unemployment, corruption, inequality, scarcity of goods but now the country has become self dependent under the government led by Narender Modi who conducted surgical strike on territory inside Pakistan.
The huge procession of Tiwari passed through congested roads and localities of North East Delhi with people greeting him as his open mini-truck plied at a slow speed.
He also got down at many places to meet people and seek their support for his campaign and telling them how the Modi government ensured both development and security of the nation in its five year term.
The people of the constituency, having pockets of Gujjars, Sikhs and backward castes, besides dominant Muslim and Purvanchali communities, had gathered to have a look at the colourful procession and Tiwari who is a popular singer and actor of Bhojpuri films.
“I have just come to see Manoj Tiwari as I am fond of his songs. I don’t know about his work in the area but he is very popular,” said Rajesh, a migrant worker from Bihar who was watching the roadshow in Burari.
“The people have resolved to bring back Narendra Modi as next Prime Minister of the country,” Tiwari said thanking people for their support at the end of the road show.
Tiwari won the seat in 2014 by defeating AAP Anand Kumar by around 1.5 lakh votes, is indulged in a triangular contest this time. He is
pitted against Delhi Congress president Sheila Dikshit and
former Delhi AAP convener Dilip Pandey in the poll battle on the seat.