If Dressing Scantily Made Someone Great, Rakhi Sawant Would Become Greater Than Gandhi, Says UP Speaker
Uttar Pradesh Assembly Speaker Hriday Narayan Dixit has found himself in a controversy after claiming that if one could become great just by dressing scantily, then Rakhi Sawant would have become greater than Mahatma Gandhi.
He made the remarks at the 'prabuddha varg sammelan' (meeting of intellectuals) organised by the BJP in Bangarmau Assembly constituency of Unnao district on Sunday.
"In our opinion, no one has become an intellectual by writing a book on any topic. If that was the case, for so many years, I have read at least 6,000 books," Dixit said.
"Gandhiji used to dress scantily. He used to wrap just a 'dhoti'. The country called him Bapu. If somebody could become great just by taking their clothes off, then Rakhi Sawant would have become greater than Mahatma Gandhi," he continued.
His comments however did not go down well, and many on social media criticised Dixit for the remarks.
After the controversy, Dixit claimed that his comments were taken out of context.
"Some friends on social media are showing the clip of a video of my speech with an otherwise meaning. This was part of my speech at the 'prabuddha sammelan' in Unnao, in which the moderator of the 'sammelan' introduced me saying that 'I am an enlightened writer'.
"I took this point forward and said that no one can become an intellectual by writing books. Gandhiji used to dress scantily. He used to wrap just a dhoti. The country called him Bapu but that does not mean that if anyone dresses scantily, he or she becomes great," he said.
This is the second time in less than a week the actress has found her name being dragged into politics.
A few days ago?Aam Aadmi Party spokesperson Raghav Chadha?had courted controversy for calling cricketer-turned-politician Navjot Singh Sidhu as ¡®Rakhi Sawant Of Punjab Politics¡¯.?
"The Rakhi Sawant of Punjab politics -Navjot Singh Sidhu- has received a scolding from Congress high command for non stop rant against Capt. Therefore today, for a change, he went after Arvind Kejriwal. Wait till tomorrow for he shall resume his diatribe against Capt with vehemence," the AAP leader had said in a tweet in response to Sidhu.
