Ramesh Bidhuri, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate from Delhi’s Kalkaji constituency, on Sunday expressed regret over his controversial comments about Congress MP Priyanka Gandhi. “I regret it and I take back my words,” Ramesh Bidhuri said, as reported by ANI.
Know what sparked the controversy
The BJP candidate has courted controversy over his comments that he would develop roads in his constituency as smooth as Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi’s “cheeks” after the BJP wins the upcoming Delhi Assembly elections.
Ramesh Bidhuri can be heard saying, “I assure you that just as we have made roads in Okhla and Sangam Vihar, we will make all roads in Kalkaji like Priyanka Gandhi’s cheeks,” in the purported video that has gone viral on social media.
After the matter escalated, Ramesh Bidhuri said in defence, “I have said it in the context of what Lalu Yadav said. The Congress remained silent on this even when he (Lalu Yadav) was a minister in their government… If anyone was hurt by my remark, I regret it and take back my words.”
