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Sena breathes fire at Delhi BJP chief for ‘crude’ dance

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The Shiv Sena on Saturday trained its guns on ally BJP’s New Delhi chief Manoj Tiwari for his recent “streetleve­l” performanc­e in Varanasi and gyrating to “an awful Bhojpuri number”.

“It was shocking to see Tiwari voluntaril­y getting down on his knees, singing and gyrating to the crude song Kamariya Kare Lapalap, Lollilop Laagelu’, in full public view before some heroine,” the Sena said in a sharp edit in the party mouthpiece­s ‘Saamana’ and ‘Dopahar Ka Saamana’.

The Bhojpuri song was sung by Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan, getting down on his knees for actress Anoushka Sharma, with Tiwari also kneeling before her, during a promotiona­l tour of their latest film, “Jab Harry Met Sejal” in Varanasi last week.

Coincident­ally, the same Tiwari had insulted a teacher of a New Delhi school on March 17, 2017 when she “requested” him to sing a song for the benefit of the assembled student gathering.

“Tiwari was furious at that function. He found it below his dignity to sing for a gathering of students and vented his anger at the poor lady teacher on the stage, insulting and humiliatin­g her in full public view,” the edit said.

The Sena said the teacher may have felt that given Tiwari’s reputation as a reputed Bhojpuri folk singer it was a golden opportunit­y to let the children hear him live, but the Delhi BJP president could have wriggled out of it diplomatic­ally, like how many other celebs do on such public platforms. — IANS

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