BJP slams AAP MLA over ‘roads like Hema Malini’s cheeks’ remark

The BJP in Delhi has launched an attack on Uttam Nagar MLA Naresh Balyan over his alleged remark on roads being made like “Hema Malini’s cheeks”. The party has demanded that AAP supremo Arvind Kejriwal should expel the legislator for disrespecting women.

Actor-turned-politician Malini, a senior BJP leader, is a Lok Sabha MP from Mathura.

Calendar “with 35 days”

The BJP was reacting to a video clip that has surfaced on social media in which the MLA can be purportedly heard saying, “All works will be completed swiftly by the 35th of the month, [we] will make Uttam Nagar’s roads like Hema Malini’s cheeks.”

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Delhi BJP spokesperson Praveen Shankar Kapoor charged that Balyan has not only disrespected women but has also humiliated the people of the area by saying that roads will be repaired by the “35th” of the month.

“It seems that Arvind Kejriwal has created a calendar with 35 days in a month,” Kapoor said.

BJP drags Lalu into controversy

He added that the incident has established that the entire Aam Aadmi Party is “anti-women”. “They are inspired by former Bihar chief minister Lalu Yadav in disrespecting women,” he said.

The people of Delhi expect Arvind Kejriwal and Chief Minister Atishi to take note of the “indecent comment” by their MLA Naresh Balyan and expel him from the Aam Aadmi Party, he demanded.

No reaction was immediately available from Balyan when news agency PTI contacted him over the phone. The AAP, too, did not respond on the issue.

(With agency inputs)