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PRABHJOT SINGH

TRIBUNE NEWS SERVICE

Zira, FEB 10

Innovations have been galore in the fortnight-long aggressive electioneering featuring not only the top notch political leadership of the country but also stars of both the music and tinsel worlds.

The campaigning officially comes to an end on Monday at 4 p.m., exactly 48 hours before the close of polling in the state. It is not necessarily the candidates of major political parties, who have been hitting upon innovative and novel methods of appealing to the voters at large by use of both audio and visual media. Even Independent candidates have added glamour, colour and newness to electioneering in the state this time.

For example, Mr Bhupinder Singh, an Independent candidate from Dhanuala, has been trying to reach the electors of his constituency through breathtaking demonstrations of sky diving, parasailing and other aviation acrobatics. 

"This," he says, "is the easiest and most eye catching method to reach the voters as an Independent candidate has limited financial and manpower resources to cover the entire constituency in a fortnight."