Signature campaign in city for Amit

Voting for Indian Idol 3 opens for whole week

By Our Reporter http://www.amitpaul.org

Shillong: The Rilbong Sports and Cultural Club will take out a banner with signatures and messages of fans wishing Amit Paul success in Indian Idol 3 contest on Friday and Saturday.

Meghalaya Governor BL Joshi will sign in the banner on Friday morning at Raj Bhawan followed by the procession carrying the banner via Main Secretariat, DC's Office, Polo, Mawlai, Jaiaw, Mawkhar, Umsohsun, District Council Point via Lukier road, Lower Mawprem, Upper Mawprem, Jhalupara to Rilbong.

On Saturday, the vehicle, carrying the banner, will pass through Bishnupur, Laban Last Stop, Laban Batti Bazar, Barik, Dhanketi, Laitumkhrah Police Point, Fire Brigade, Pohkseh, Rynjah, Demseiniong to Police Bazar.

Later, the banner will be displayed on the barricade of the old Meghalaya Legislative Assembly in Khyndai Lad. The fans can simply put their signature or write messages on the banner when the vehicle stops in various localities.

Music lovers urged to vote for Amit: As voting for the Indian Idol 3 will open for the whole week, starting from 9 pm of September 14 to 6 pm of September 23, before the final show, the chairman, Shillong Arts and Music Lovers Forum (SAMLF) JL Das appealed all music lovers throughout the country to vote vigorously through SMSs, landlines in favour of Amit as "he is a better singer than his counterpart, Prashant Tamang" while adding that it is the responsibility of the music lovers of the country to select the deserving contestant.

Speaking to reporters here on Thursday, Das said it has become impossible for people from a small state like Meghalaya to generate the required votes to make Amit Paul the next Indian Idol.

The Forum will take out a car rally in Greater Shillong area on Friday at 3 pm in this connection. The car rally will start from Parking Lot, Polo.

He further said that the SAMLF had already requested all the citizens of the State to contact their relatives and friends, who are settled, serving or studying in different parts of the country, to vote for Amit adding that the Forum, in its capacity, has started sending publicity materials to other states.

Mr Das said that the Forum has opened its office at Urban Shopping Complex, Police Bazar (Room No 18) from where publicity materials will be distributed all the over the State and the rest of the country.

He also informed that the Forum had negotiated with the mobile service providers in the State to improve their services in the coming week to ensure smooth flow of votes.

He said a delegation of SAMLF had also met the CGMT BSNL, Shillong and requested him to improve the landline service by opening more pipe/channel for the coming week during the voting hours.

Moreover, he said that if prepaid recharge coupon are available from Aircel and Airtel then fans of Amit and volunteers of the Forum will be asked to bring their mobile set to send SMS for Amit in one place or hall as identified by the Forum.

"No recharge coupon will be issued to any individual to use the same at home," Mr Das said.Further, he added that since the response in greater Shillong is spontaneous, and more than expectation, the Forum decided to concentrate its attention to other districts of the State through various NGOs, clubs and organisations.

Meanwhile, the Meghalaya Gorkha Welfare Union, the State President, the NCP Women's Wing NM Warjri, the All India Garo Union extended their best wishes to Amit Paul while acknowledging the initiative taken by the Government in conferring him as brand ambassador for peace, communal harmony and excellence. "Such a genius is hard to come by. His phenomenal rise is epoch making achievement," the AIGU remarked.