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Aajtak reporter .Ye he .... I dont know them 
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Aajtak reporter .Ye he .... I dont know them
The guy at other side looks like Sanjay Bragta.
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In Amethi, bahu makes the beti sweat
Rajiv Srivastava & Swati Mathur,TNN | May 3, 2014, 05.29 AM IST
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Priyanka Gandhi interacts with villagers while campaigning for brother Rahul in Amethi; BJP’s Smriti Irani talks with a young supporter in a village in Amethi.
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Hours later with a generator powering the mike, in the same grounds, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra talks about the Gandhis bringing electricity to Amethi. The mike fails several times and people complain. "In this area, electricity supply is nearly non-existent. She's talking about educational institutions but we do not have an inter-college," Mohd Iqbal, a fruit vendor said. Priyanka acknowledges that there are complaints but says it was the opposition that foiled attempts to bring power.
In Gauriganj, the headquarters of Amethi district, senior administrative officials are discussing the latest entrant into Amethi's political fray, BJP's Smriti Irani. At least a few times, she is referred to as Tulsi, TV's most popular bahu, a role Irani played about eight years ago before she entered politics.
"Her arrival created quite a stir in the initial days. As a celebrity, she drew large crowds," says one of them.
Travelling more than 200km every day, Irani has stationed herself in Amethi since early April and plans to stay till May 7, polling day.
With the help of the Sangh Parivar, Irani has begun sharing space with Priyanka in drawing room discussions over politics. Nudging the real contestant - Rahul Gandhi - out of the picture, people say Amethi's 2014 electoral battle is all about the real beti versus the reel bahu.
The beti invokes all that the first family has done for the people of Amethi in the many decades it has ruled; the bahu harps on everything else they could have done, but didn't. Both are using more than just celebrity-hood and charm to strengthen their election campaigns. In Irani's case, she has craftily kept the old Jan Sangh hands close, knowing they can help her build her base. In a more personal gesture, Irani applies tilak to every supporter who goes out campaigning for her. Anu Chaudhary, the Haryana unit volunteer, said, "Our focus is on making personal contact with people. We're touching villages the Gandhis have not visited even once in all these years."
As Irani goes on a mission to bring down a 40-year dynastic rule, Priyanka is hard at work trying to fortify it. Spending 15 hours daily campaigning, she's been on door-to-door visits, addressed corner meetings and made unscheduled halts at villages.
Santosh Shukla, a doctor in Amethi's Jamo block, said, "Irani's entry has put the Gandhis on shaky ground. For the fi rst time in decades, Amethi is witnessing an election, not a selection." It'll depend on who - the beti or the bahu - has the last word.
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Hours later with a generator powering the mike, in the same grounds, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra talks about the Gandhis bringing electricity to Amethi. The mike fails several times and people complain. "In this area, electricity supply is nearly non-existent. She's talking about educational institutions but we do not have an inter-college," Mohd Iqbal, a fruit vendor said. Priyanka acknowledges that there are complaints but says it was the opposition that foiled attempts to bring power.
In Gauriganj, the headquarters of Amethi district, senior administrative officials are discussing the latest entrant into Amethi's political fray, BJP's Smriti Irani. At least a few times, she is referred to as Tulsi, TV's most popular bahu, a role Irani played about eight years ago before she entered politics.
"Her arrival created quite a stir in the initial days. As a celebrity, she drew large crowds," says one of them.
Travelling more than 200km every day, Irani has stationed herself in Amethi since early April and plans to stay till May 7, polling day.
With the help of the Sangh Parivar, Irani has begun sharing space with Priyanka in drawing room discussions over politics. Nudging the real contestant - Rahul Gandhi - out of the picture, people say Amethi's 2014 electoral battle is all about the real beti versus the reel bahu.
The beti invokes all that the first family has done for the people of Amethi in the many decades it has ruled; the bahu harps on everything else they could have done, but didn't. Both are using more than just celebrity-hood and charm to strengthen their election campaigns. In Irani's case, she has craftily kept the old Jan Sangh hands close, knowing they can help her build her base. In a more personal gesture, Irani applies tilak to every supporter who goes out campaigning for her. Anu Chaudhary, the Haryana unit volunteer, said, "Our focus is on making personal contact with people. We're touching villages the Gandhis have not visited even once in all these years."
As Irani goes on a mission to bring down a 40-year dynastic rule, Priyanka is hard at work trying to fortify it. Spending 15 hours daily campaigning, she's been on door-to-door visits, addressed corner meetings and made unscheduled halts at villages.
Santosh Shukla, a doctor in Amethi's Jamo block, said, "Irani's entry has put the Gandhis on shaky ground. For the fi rst time in decades, Amethi is witnessing an election, not a selection." It'll depend on who - the beti or the bahu - has the last word.
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Sympathy..? Anyone from Bihar will tell you that everyone except his core supporters despise his presence in Bihar politics. He evokes much strong hatred from the Non-Yadav/muslim voters. You will see JD-U outperforming RJD in assembly election simply because a large chunk of Muslims will vote for JD-U.
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Checkout AAP neta Ashutosh "Ghadi Chod Kar Scooter Par Bhag Gaya Delhi Me" 
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After Naveen Patnaik, Mamta deserves to be defeated. Too much BS from her coming out. More RSS shakhas should be opened in Bengal. If Mamta loves Bangladeshis, Bengalis should know it.
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