"Hema Malini" Remark Was Sarcastic, Akhilesh Yadav's Ally Clarifies
NDTV
Jayant Chaudhary had claimed that his party leader was told by senior BJP leader and Union Home Minister Amit Shah, "I will make you Hema Malini if you join".
Rashtriya Lok Dal chief Jayant Chaudhary, who is being criticised for his Hema Malini comment, today clarified that it was a sarcastic comment. Yesterday, Mr Chadhary had claimed that his party leader was told by senior BJP leader and Union Home Minister Amit Shah, "I will make you Hema Malini if you join".
"Attempts were being made to poach our candidate from Maant seat. Yogesh (Nauhwar) had said from the stage that he was offered an MP post. So I said it sarcastically that they are going to make him Hema Malini," said RLD chief Jayant Chaudhary on Wednesday told ANI.
The BJP has vociferously tried to ally with Jayant Chaudhary and Home Minister Amit Shah had last month, during a meeting with Jat leaders, said that the party's doors will always be open for RLD.
Mr Chaudhary has snubbed the overtures made by the BJP and hit the campaign trail in Uttar Pradesh with Samajwadi Party leader Akhilesh Yadav.
