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Candidates get finishing touches for Bihar polls

Hindustan Times | ByRajesh Kumar Thakur, Hajipur
Oct 06, 2010 12:02 AM IST

The Bihar assembly elections have brought about a never-seen-before zest for knowledge in Vaishali district. Candidates, especially independents, are going all out to sound erudite and look smart.

The Bihar assembly elections have brought about a never-seen-before zest for knowledge in Vaishali district. Candidates, especially independents, are going all out to sound erudite and look smart.

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Chunnu Kumar, 27, contesting from Hajipur, said, “A candidate has to be smart in both appearance and language

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to impress young voters.”

Young and educated voters need to be convinced that their representatives are men of letters and good taste. “This is intelligent electioneering,” admitted an independent candidate.

Independents — who have nothing, except themselves, to draw votes — in the eight constituencies in this north Bihar district are desperately cramming speeches authored by their neighbourhood intellectuals. Others are drawing upon

the wisdom of their better-educated relations.

In Hajipur, another independent candidate said on condition of anonymity that he was memorising a speech prepared by his daughter-in-law, with facts and figures compiled from different newspapers. “I am also taking lessons to improve my voice intonations.”

Impressive? Take this: An Independent candidate has hired a tutor to brush up his English. “These days, a speaker throws in a few English words in his Hindi speech.” So, he is learning proverbs, quotations et al.

Speechwriters are also demanding premium on their services, for according to Pramod Kumar, a teacher: “The candidates who approached me wanted speeches that could draw frequent applause from their audience.”

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