MP polls: Sachin Tendulkar, Shahrukh Khan to campaign for Congress

Bhopal

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Bhopal, Sept 16: In a run up to the upcoming assembly elections in Madhya Pradesh, the opposition Congress has reportedly roped in Cricketer and MP Sachin Tendulkar and Bollywood actor Shahrukh Khan to be the "star campaigners" for their party.

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According to reports, the member of the election campaign committee, Mahesh Joshi told mediapersons that party is planning to bring Sachin Tendulkar onboard for campaigning before elections in Madhya Pradesh.

It has also emerged that party may seek the help of Cricketer-turned-politician and Congress MP from Moradabad in western UP, Mohammad Azharuddin, to convince Sachin to campaign for Madhya Pradesh Congress.

Besides wooing cricketer Sachin, MP Congress also wants Bollywood king Shahrukh Khan to campaign for their party. For that, they are in talks with another actor-turned-politician, Congress MP from Firozabad, Raj Babbar, who can help in bringing the popular actor for campaigning in MP.

MP Congress party workers are engaged in door-to-door campaigning.

Joshi also said that MP Congress is preparing a list of celebrities to campaign for their party in the upcoming assembly elections. The list will be made in accordance with the busy schedule of the celebrities.

It seems that MP Congress is leaving no stone unturned in toppling the Shivraj Singh Chouhan-led BJP government from power.

Meanwhile, it has been reported that the MP Congress party workers are engaged in door-to-door campaigning, to ensure their party's victory.

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