AAP campaign: Raghu Ram takes a different road

Amit Sharma
Tribune News Service

Raghu Ram, the man behind a reality show MTV Roadies, today campaigned for the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on his own.

In the city to support the AAP candidate Gulkirat Kaur Panag, Raghu went on poll campaign riding a truck on Sunday. However, he did not like that style of campaign. So, he made surprise visit to a mall and Sector 17 here and attracted a large number of persons. He delivered a speech on AAP's ideology.

"I was feeling suffocated by just waving to the crowd from the truck. So I decided to hit the road and meet people," Raghu said.

Usually surrounded by a bunch of bouncers during his visits to Chandigarh for holding audition for MTV Roadies, the 38-year-old today went to a mall in the Industrial Area, Phase-I, accompanied by a few youths. He walked down the mall to make his presence felt and later reached the food court. By then, he was surrounded by a large number of fans, who were jostling to get clicked with him. Raghu humbly asked them to assemble outside the mall and he will oblige them there.

Raghu distributed signature caps of the AAP to a large number of people. Later, he gave a short speech about the AAP.

Later, he fulfilled his promise to his fans.

Accompanied by some youths, the MTV Roadies host also went to the Sector 17 where he played guitar, sang songs to attract people and then briefed them about the AAP's agenda.

"We played music, encouraged people to vote for Gul and left silently," said Raghu calling his way of campaign a 'silent Ninja attack'.

STAR TAKE I have been coming to Chandigarh for the past 11 years to provide a platform to the youth through my show MTV Roadies. However, this time, I have come with a request to vote for Gulkirat Kaur Panag. I have never voted in my life as hardly any party could convince me to exercise my right to franchise. However, I got influenced by the AAP’s ideology and have decided to vote in the forthcoming Lok Sabha elections. — Raghu Ram, Actor