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'Spiderman' spices up South Mumbai race

March 25, 2014 17:12 IST
'Spidey' Gaurav Sharma, independent candidate from South Mumbai Lok Sabha constituency, at a media conference on Tuesday

No doubt that the corruption and price-rise hit country is going through a tough time and is indeed in need of a rescuer to bail it through to better days of governance.

And a Spiderman’s web of promises in this election season seems too irresistible for the voter.

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'Spiderman' spices up South Mumbai race

March 25, 2014 17:12 IST
South Mumbai independent candidate Gaurav Sharma posing to shutterbugs on Tuesday

Mumbai climber Gaurav Shrinivas Sharma, who recently shot into limelight by successfully breaking his own record after he scaled a 45-storey building in South Mumbai in just 19 minutes, definitely has skyrocketing plans to help the residents of the maximum city.

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'Spiderman' spices up South Mumbai race

March 25, 2014 17:12 IST
South Mumbai independent candidate Gaurav Sharma climbs a sky rise in the city to campaign, on Tuesday

Sharma, popularly known as the city’s ‘Spiderman’, has filed his nomination as an independent candidate from South Mumbai, one of the country’s richest Lok Sabha constituencies.

On Tuesday, Sharma, donning his ‘Spidey’ costumes, met mediapersons and laid down his plans.

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'Spiderman' spices up South Mumbai race

March 25, 2014 17:12 IST
South Mumbai independent candidate Gaurav Sharma, scales a sky rise in the city in 'Spiderman' costumes to campaign, on Tuesday

The ‘superhero’ will try to find his space in an essentially four-cornered contest between Congress’ Milind Deora, MNS’ Bala Nandgaonkar, Shiv Sena’s Arvind Sawant and newly-formed AAP’s Meera Sanyal.

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