| New Delhi: December 30, 2005: India’s number
one News Channel, Aaj Tak has announced the results of its special
'Sabse Tez Personality of the year' series for the second consecutive
year on a special yearly program aired tonight. The 'Sabse Tez' personalities
were chosen from the fields of politics, sports, business and films.
Aaj Tak editorial board did the preliminary selection of the nominees
in all the categories but the final results were derived through the
SMS poll, which received a massive response.
After much deliberation, the nominees were short-listed and on
the basis of SMS poll response; Amitabh Bachchan, Nitish Kumar,
Dr. Vijay Mallaya and Sania Mirza were finally adjudged as the 'Sabse
Tez' personalities of the year by getting maximum number of SMS
responses in their favour.
The idea was to acknowledge personalities who best embody the values
of what 'Sabse Tez' stands for i.e.: leadership, integrity and unrivalled
commitment to purpose.
The final results along with the nominees who made it till the
final round and the % of votes polled: -
Politics: Nitish Kumar (58%)
Other Nominees: Dr. Manmohan Singh (34%), Buddhadeb Bhattacharya
(8%)
Films: Amitabh Bachchan (79%)
Other Nominees: Rani Mukherjee (15%), Saif Ali Khan (6%)
Business: Dr. Vijay Mallya (34%)
Other Nominees: Sunil Bharti Mittal (33%), Ambani Brothers (Mukesh
and Anil)
(33%)
Sports: Sania Mirza (48%)
Other Nominees: Sachin Tendulkar (32%), Rahul Dravid (20%)
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