NEIndia Cultural Leader B.Hazarika joins BJP

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>[bJP News] Bhupen Hazarika joins BJP

>Fri, 27 Feb 2004 05:57:21 -0800 (PST)

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>Bhupen Hazarika joins BJP

>Sify.com

>By E Jayakrishnan in New Delhi

>Friday, 27 February , 2004, 16:05

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>http://sify.com/news/politics/fullstory.php?id=13414734

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>In a major shot in the arm for the BJP, the doyen of culture in the

>North-East and the winner of the Padma Vibushan Bhupen Hazarika joined the

>party today. He is likely to contest the fortcoming Lok Sabha polls from

>the Tezpur constituency from his native state of Assam.

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>Union minister and BJP Spokesperson Sushma Swaraj hailed Hazarikas entry

>into the party a turning point for the BJP in the North-East. She

>predicted that Hazarikas entry will erode the Congress hold over the

>North-East and the region will no longer remain that partys pocket

>borough.

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>Hazarika said that he had been requested by Prime Minister Vajpayee,

>Deputy Prime Minister Advani and my little sister Swaraj to join the party

>and he had agreed. "Throughout my life I had worked for the people and

>though I had Leftist leanings, I have never joined the Communist parties.

>I am joining the BJP because this is the party that can give stability and

>progress and had done wonders in raising the prestige of India in the

>world, Hazarika said.

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>My dream is to improve the conditions of the people of the North-East. I

>am a son of the Brahmaputra and I want to do my utmost for the sons and

>daughters of the Brahmaputra, he said. The multi-faceted Hazarika who is

>involved with almost all facets of film-making has also a degree in

>journalism form the Columbia University acquired in 1952. He also made a

>impromptu rendition of the popular song vistaar hai paar, which was put to

>music by him.

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