Forward of Delhi Meeting elections, senior Bharatiya Janata Social gathering (BJP) chief and celebration’s candidate from Kalkaji, Ramesh Bidhuri, has sparked a contemporary controversy after he allegedly stated that after securing victory within the upcoming Delhi Meeting polls subsequent month, he’ll develop clean roads within the constituency like Congress chief Priyanka Gandhi’s “cheeks.”
Bidhuri confronted flak from the Congress over his feedback, and the grand outdated celebration launched a scathing assault on him. “I guarantee you that simply as we made the roads in Okhla and Sangam Vihar, we are going to make all of the roads in Kalkaji like Priyanka Gandhi’s cheeks,” Bidhuri is heard saying within the purported video, which went viral on social media, as quoted by PTI.
Reacting to Bidhuri’s remarks, Congress candidate from Kalkaji and Mahila Congress president Alka Lamba accused him of “insulting” girls as soon as once more in his “standard indecent language.” “Will the general public in Kalkaji have such an individual who cares neither for the dignity of the Home (Parliament) nor respects the ladies?” she stated in a submit on X. She demanded the BJP chief tender a public apology for his assertion and requested the senior BJP leaders to clear their stand on the difficulty.
The Mahila Congress staff led by Lamba additionally torched an effigy of Bidhuri over his alleged assertion towards Gandhi. The assertion was made by Bidhuri on Saturday throughout campaigning within the Kalkaji constituency, considered one of his aides stated, as reported by PTI.
Aam Aadmi Social gathering (AAP) MP Sanjay Singh dubbed the remarks “low-cost and shameless”, and questioned the BJP’s respect for ladies. “It is vitally shameful. BJP has given a ticket to an individual who used abusive language within the Parliament and likewise to the one that was overtly distributing cash to the folks… Making such low-cost and shameless feedback on a senior Congress chief could be very unlucky. The ladies of Delhi should have understood the form of safety they are going to be getting underneath their rule,” Singh stated.
Amid the controversy over his remarks, Bidhuri expressed remorse and stated that he takes his phrases again if anybody is damage. “…I’ve stated that within the context of what Lalu Yadav had stated. Congress remained silent on that even when he (Lalu Yadav) was a minister of their govt… If anybody is damage by my comment, I specific remorse over it and I take my phrases again..,” Bidhuri stated.
#WATCH | Delhi |”…I’ve stated that within the context of what Lalu Yadav had stated. Congress remained silent on that even when he (Lalu Yadav) was a minister of their govt… If anybody is damage by my comment, I specific remorse over it and I take my phrases again…” says Ramesh Bidhuri,… pic.twitter.com/EHj8VPhLyZ
— ANI (@ANI) January 5, 2025
The previous two-time Lok Sabha MP from South Delhi and three-time MLA from the Tughlaqabad constituency isn’t new to controversies surrounding his public statements. Earlier final yr, Bidhuri invited widespread condemnation over his outburst throughout a Lok Sabha session, concentrating on then BSP MP Danish Ali. His behaviour was referred to the Privileges Committee of the Lok Sabha.
