People need to come together to "reclaim the republic" of the country which is on

the verge of losing with the onslaught of communal and hatred politics, actor-
politician Prakash Raj said Saturday as he announced plans to campaign for the Aam
Aadmi Party.

Raj, who fought the Lok Sabha polls as an independent candidate from the Bengaluru
Central seat, said he will campaign for the AAP in Delhi for a week.

"The Aam Aadmi Party is fighting the elections on the issues of health, education,
their vision and based on their work," he said.

"This is what we need, this is my gesture, and my belief, that different people
with different thought processes but love for the country come together to make
this democracy, to reclaim our republic which is on the verge and that we may lose
with the onslaught of communal and hatred politics of the government, which is in
place," Raj said.

Addressing media along with the AAP Delhi convenor Gopal Rai at the party
headquarters, Raj said he is is one of those "aam admi" (common men) who look up to
the ideology and the work done by the party and that is what has made him come
here.

"I am here to support such candidates, such party, which is fighting for a change
in this election, compared to other parties," he said.

Raj will begin his Delhi campaign from the North East Lok Sabha constituency on
Saturday evening with a meeting in support of AAP candidate Dilip Pandey at
Babarpur.

He will campaign in the New Delhi and East Delhi constituencies on Sunday. -- PTI

Image: Aam Aadmi Party leader Gopal Rai and actor-turned-politician Prakash Raj at
a press conference at the AAP office in New Delhi. Photograph: Atul Yadav/PTI Photo
18:25 She is healthy and looking beautiful: Mumtaz's daughter rubbishes death
rumours:
Veteran actor Mumtaz is "healthy" and "looking beautiful", her daughter Tanya
Madhwani said on Saturday after the death rumours of the yesteryear diva started
doing the rounds on various social media platforms.

Tanya shared a video on Instagram to set the record straight and rubbished the
reports.

"So exhausting another rumour of my mother's death. She is healthy and looking
beautiful as always and has asked me to let her fans know she is well. It's all
rubbish," she wrote.

"My mother is fine. She is in London... She is sending her love and kiss to you
all," Tanya said in the video.

On Friday night, rumours of Mumtaz' demise started spreading on Twitter.

"She is alive, fit and fine. she wants to know why everybody is spreading false
news," a family member had told PTI.

This is not the first time the 70-year-old actor has become a victim of death hoax.

In April last year, there were rumours about her demise which then also led to
Tanya issuing a denial on social media.
One of the most popular female actors in the 1970s, Mumtaz featured in films such
as "Mela", "Apradh", "Nagin", "Bramachari", "Ram Aur Shyam", "Do Raste" "Aap Ki
Kasam" and "Khilona".