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Rahman unhappy with use of Jai Ho in poll campaign

Updated on: 13 May,2009 10:57 AM IST  | 
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"I was like in the bed, I was dehydrated, exhausted, and then all these things happened, somebody told me these people are using it. I hate politics. I just want people to serve the people. I want governments, whichever government comes in, to be unbiased and say there should be justice in the country and that's my purpose in life," said Rahman.

Rahman unhappy with use of Jai Ho in poll campaign

Music director A R Rahman, whose compositions in Slumdog Millionaire made him the first Indian to win twin Oscars, is critical of political parties using for a poll campaign the song Jai Ho that he composed for the rags-to-riches drama.


"I was like in the bed, I was dehydrated, exhausted, and then all these things happened, somebody told me these people are using it. I hate politics. I just want people to serve the people. I want governments, whichever government comes in, to be unbiased and say there should be justice in the country and that's my purpose in life," said Rahman.


The Congress had bought exclusive rights to the song Jai Ho for its poll campaign, but the jingle was later dropped as the party's theme song.


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