Row over Bihar BJP minister’s ‘sexist’ comment on Priyanka

Patna: Stoking a controversy with his sexist remark, senior BJP leader and Bihar minister Vinod Narain Jha said on Friday that newly-appointed Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra has no other quality except being “very beautiful” and the party should remember that beauty does not garner votes.

“Except for being beautiful, I see no quality that Priyanka Gandhi Vadra may be credited with. Nature has showered its bounty on her. But the Congress should remember that beauty does not garner votes. She is also a novice and her husband faces serious corruption charges,” Mr Jha said.

The remark by Mr Jha, who holds the public health and engineering portfolio, was met with disapproval from chief minister Nitish Kumar’s JD(U) even as the Opposition Congress-RJD combine demanded his sacking.