Never before did a policeman arrest so
many people at one go. He is doing it but, arresting their
imagination by the thousands. He is Prashant Tamang, a policeman
by profession and an Indian Idol aspirant by choice.
Prashant, young, savvy and talented is a Darjeeling born boy.
He has climbed several notches in the programme reaching a
round from where he could well emerge as the Indian Idol.
Whether he does or not, he has taken Sikkim by storm and the
people here are showing it.
They gathered on the streets, on sidewalks and parks today
to express solidarity with the performer. `Go ahead, we are
with you,` was the collective wish for the potential champ
as they one and sundry got busy punching cell phone buttons
to cast that one more vote which might help him scrape through
to the next round. `He is our man,` claimed a proud DIG Range
Mr Akshay Sachdeva today, obviously excited with the achievement
of a fellow man in uniform.
Celebrities are joining the common man to extend support to
Prashant. Take for instance Miss Karishma Pradhan, who recently
won a beauty pageant in Kolkata. `I would be happy for Prashant
if he wins the title,` she said joining a band of supporters
voicing their support.
School children, clerks, executives, traders and officials
- name them and they were all out on the streets today campaigning
for Prashant.
There is one grievance among the people though - they are
not being able to send as many SMS as they wish to because
of a faulty network connection. `I was trying to recharge
my mobile to vote Prashant since last night. I went on trying
the whole day today but was unsuccessful, which shows how
bad cell phone service is here,` complained Mr Yadav Sharma
a local, as did many others.
Whatever be the outcome, Prashant is already a very popular
policeman by now in this region. |
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