DTN News - KITE FESTIVAL: Bollywood Actor Salman Khan With BJP's Prime
Ministerial Candidate Narendra Modi At Kite Festival Uttarayan in Ahmadabad
India
Source: DTN News - - This article compiled by K. V. Seth 
(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - January 16, 2014: Bollywood actor
Salman Khan flies a kite during the kite festival with the BJP's prime ministerial candidate
Narendra Modi at Uttarayan in Ahmadabad, India, while he promotes his new film
Jai Ho.Bollywood actor Salman Khan flies a kite during a kite festival in
Ahmadabad, India, while he promotes his new film Jai Ho.
Actor Salman Khan spent an afternoon with
the BJP's prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi on the kite-flying festival
of Uttarayan or Makar Sankranti.
"God will decide who is the best man for the country. May the best man
win," said Mr Khan while interacting with reporters in Ahmedabad, who
asked him if he endorses Mr Modi for the country's top job. "Modi saab
should be able to fulfill his destiny," said the 48-year-old superstar,
whose new film Jai Ho releases on January 24. (Watch Video Here)
"He is a great man, I have not seen this sort of development
elsewhere," Mr Khan said. (Kai Po Che! Salman Khan flies a kite with
Narendra Modi). But he also said voters must decide who is most suitable.
"If you think Modi saab is best for you, vote for him. Vote for the best
man in your constituency," he said, adding,"For you it's Modi. In my
constituency Bandra, they are Baba
Siddique and Priya Dutt."
Mr Modi's smile appeared a little pained at that point. Both Mr Siddique
and Ms Dutt are Congress leaders. (Pic of the day: You choose)
The Gujarat Chief Minister is described by his critics as a divisive leader
who failed to protect hundreds of Muslims during communal riots in 2002 in his
state. A court recently found that there is no evidence to merit his
prosecution for complicity in the violence, as alleged by his opponents. It
also upheld a Supreme Court investigation that had cleared Mr Modi.
Last week, Salman Khan was dragged into a political controversy over his
dance performance at a festival in Uttar Pradesh, where thousands of people in
riot-hit Muzaffarnagar are struggling to survive. (Shah Rukh Khan defends
Salman's decision to perform in Saifai)
Defending himself, Mr Khan said his NGO, Being Human, had pledged to fund
surgeries on 200 children in the state on behalf of all artistes who performed
at the event. "We did our job. We just went for that one event, we have
got to do nothing with any political party," he said. (Watch: 'We went to
Saifai only to entertain')
Mr Khan is being tried for culpable homicide not amounting to murder in a
court in Mumbai for running over five people with his SUV in 2002. (Salman Khan
hit-and-run case: trial deferred to January 21)
He spent a few days in a Rajasthan jail in 2007 for allegedly shooting a
black-buck deer.
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