<p>Veteran Hindi music director of 'Disco Dancer' fame, Bappi Lahiri, and a few other film and TV personalities joined BJP today in the presence of party president Rajnath Singh here.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Lahiri, the flamboyant music director known for wearing heavy gold ornaments, cheered for BJP's Prime Ministerial candidate Narendra Modi and insisted there is a wave in favour of the right-wing party ahead of the Lok Sabha elections.<br /><br />Incidentally, Lahiri had campaigned for Congress in 2004.<br /><br />Breaking into a song, Lahiri said, "Rajnathji's dream will come true. Modi will create some magic." He also paid respect to BJP veteran leaders Atal Bihari Vajpayee, L K Advani and party's founders Shyama Prasad Mookerjee and Deen Dayal Upadhyaya.<br /><br />When asked why he has joined BJP when he had campaigned for Congress in the past, Lahiri said, "Ten years back, there was a wave in their (Congress) favour. The wave has now changed. The wave is now here."<br /><br />The BJP president said it will soon be decided what role Lahiri will play in the party and whether he will contest the polls.<br /><br />He, however, mentioned that Lahiri is from West Bengal- perhaps an indication that his services may be used in the state where BJP hardly has a political presence.<br /><br />Others who joined the party are Tuhin Sinha who wrote TV serial 'Yeh Rista Kya Kehlata Hai' and co-authored former party president Nitin Gadkari's book 'India Aspires', Prashant Narayan who acted in 'Murder-2', TV actress Ashima Sharma who is also a former president of Jodhpur University Students Union, Sachindra Sharma, writer of children series 'My Friend Ganesha', TV actor Gaurav Chopra and script-writer Rajiv Dhamija. </p>
<p>Veteran Hindi music director of 'Disco Dancer' fame, Bappi Lahiri, and a few other film and TV personalities joined BJP today in the presence of party president Rajnath Singh here.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Lahiri, the flamboyant music director known for wearing heavy gold ornaments, cheered for BJP's Prime Ministerial candidate Narendra Modi and insisted there is a wave in favour of the right-wing party ahead of the Lok Sabha elections.<br /><br />Incidentally, Lahiri had campaigned for Congress in 2004.<br /><br />Breaking into a song, Lahiri said, "Rajnathji's dream will come true. Modi will create some magic." He also paid respect to BJP veteran leaders Atal Bihari Vajpayee, L K Advani and party's founders Shyama Prasad Mookerjee and Deen Dayal Upadhyaya.<br /><br />When asked why he has joined BJP when he had campaigned for Congress in the past, Lahiri said, "Ten years back, there was a wave in their (Congress) favour. The wave has now changed. The wave is now here."<br /><br />The BJP president said it will soon be decided what role Lahiri will play in the party and whether he will contest the polls.<br /><br />He, however, mentioned that Lahiri is from West Bengal- perhaps an indication that his services may be used in the state where BJP hardly has a political presence.<br /><br />Others who joined the party are Tuhin Sinha who wrote TV serial 'Yeh Rista Kya Kehlata Hai' and co-authored former party president Nitin Gadkari's book 'India Aspires', Prashant Narayan who acted in 'Murder-2', TV actress Ashima Sharma who is also a former president of Jodhpur University Students Union, Sachindra Sharma, writer of children series 'My Friend Ganesha', TV actor Gaurav Chopra and script-writer Rajiv Dhamija. </p>