Priyanka Gandhi formally entered politics on Wednesday with her brother and Congress president Rahul Gandhi appointing her as general secretary for Uttar Pradesh East.
Priyanka Gandhi (File Photo: AFP)
Bihar minister Vinod Narayan Jha has landed himself in the soup by making unwise and sexist comments against Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on her big political plunge.
Jha said Priyanka just has a beautiful face with no political experience.
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“Priyanka Gandhi is very beautiful, but has no other talent that I can see, neither does she have the political experience,” Jha was quoted as saying by news agency ANI.
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“She must be what, 37-38, or maybe older, 44. Till this age, she has no political achievement. Yes, she is good-looking, God has given her that. But how much can she exploit that,” the minister said.
“Votes cannot be won on the basis of beautiful faces. Moreover, she is the wife of Robert Vadra who is accused of involvement in a land scam case and several corruption cases,” Jha further said.
Earlier on Thursday, Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Sushil Kumar Modi launched a vitriolic attack on Priyanka Gandhi saying the Congress was feeling happy “over the induction of a woman with a tainted life partner”.
In a tweet, the senior BJP leader also scoffed at Priyanka Gandhi’s resemblance with her grandmother and former prime minister Indira Gandhi.
Priyanka Gandhi formally entered politics on Wednesday with her brother and Congress president Rahul Gandhi appointing her as general secretary for Uttar Pradesh East.
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