After Nitin Gadkari's Weight Loss Funding Dare, BJP MP Says He Shed 15 Kg
NDTV
The challenge to lose weight started in February after Nitin Gadkari made the "funds for flab" promise, saying his ministry would allot Rs 1,000 crore per kilogram of weight lost by Ujjain MP Anil Firojiya.
Spurred by Union minister Nitin Gadkari's promise that his ministry would allot Rs 1,000 crore per kilogram of weight lost by Ujjain MP Anil Firojiya for development works, the latter has claimed that he is now lighter by 15 kgs and entitled to ask for Rs 15,000 crore fund.
The challenge to lose weight started in February this year after Mr Gadkari made the "funds for flab" promise while addressing an event in Ujjain in which the foundation stones of a few projects were laid.
Mr Firojiya, a first-time MP, told news agency PTI on Saturday that he weighed 127 kgs in February.
"Gadkari had made this announcement in February to motivate me to get fit. He had said he would allocate Rs 1,000 crore for development works per kilogram of weight I lost. I accepted his command and have lost 15 kilograms in the past four months." Mr Firojiya said.
