Itanagar:
Union minister for New and Renewable Energy Farooq Abdullah turned an 'entertainer' when he sang and danced non-stop for over 45 minutes and made others join him at a party in the lawns of the newly constructed official bungalow of the Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Dorjee Khandu.
The 73-year-old tall and handsome former chief minister of Jammu and Kashmir won the hearts of the select gathering when he picked up the microphone from a local singer and started singing the popular numbers of old melodious Hindi films one after another on Saturday night.
He started with with "Ram kare ayisa ho jaye (Milan) and finished with Diwana Hua Badal(Kashmir Ki Kali) imitating the style of Shammi Kapur.
Arunachal Pradesh Governor Gen (retd) J J Singh with wife Anupama, the deputy commissioner Padmini Singla some young MLAs joined Abdullah, singing and dancing without a break, to give him encouragements.
"See, how engrossed Farooq saab in his song and dance," Khandu with a smile of a proud host, told this reporter. The CM had organised the party on the occasion of the 24th statehood day.
Earlier addressing a rally Abdullah had said he would love to stay in this beautiful state for a few days more but because of the parliament session he had to leave for New Delhi next morning.