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Published 18:35 IST, April 27th 2019

After Swara Bhasker, Javed Akhtar campaigns for Kanhaiya Kumar. Here's what Shabana Azmi posted

Here's the first picture of Javed Akhtar addressing the crowd as he campaigns for Kanhaiya Kumar in Begusarai

Reported by: Chetna Kapoor
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Noted poet and Bollywood lyricist Javed Akhtar was ed by his wife Shabana Azmi campaigning for Kanhaiya Kumar, CPI candidate who is contesting from Begusarai.

Shabana shared a picture of Akhtar addressing the crowd and wrote: "⁦@Javedakhtarjadu⁩ in Begusarai canvasing for ⁦@kanhaiyakumar⁩" [sic]

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Before Javed Akhtar, actor Prakash Raj also campaigned for Kanhaiya Kumar. Sharing pictures from his rally, Prakash Raj tweeted, “As I Campaign for @kanhaiyakumar through Rajora...meghaul... manjhaul...in #begusarai ... I can feel the WINDS OF CHANGE ..I can see HOPE in their eyes ... and I’m ASSURED of #citizensvoice in parliament.. #chowkidarSena won’t be able to stop this YOUNG VOICE OF INDIA..JAI HIND.” 

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And earlier, actress Swara Bhasker too gave her first political speech supporting Kanhaiya Kumar in Begusarai. She wrote on her Twitter: "बोल के लब आज़ाद हैं तेरे, 
बोल ज़बान अब तक तेरी है..@kanhaiyakumar is a principled politician & an admirable & fine orator! hope he gets to display these skills & his sincerity in #Parliament Gr8 way to translate “you have nothing to lose but your chains, and a world to win." [sic]

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Kanhaiya is pitted against Union Minister Giriraj Singh, who will represent BJP.  Begusarai is going to polls in the fourth phase on April 29.


 

18:31 IST, April 27th 2019