Priyanka Gandhi Condemns BJP Leaders Controversial Cheeks Remark, Calls It Ridiculous

Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Wednesday slammed former BJPBJPBJP MP Ramesh Bidhuri over his controversial reference to her cheeks, calling it "ridiculous" and "irrelevant". The Wayanad MP also took a jibe at the BJP leader saying that he did not speak about his own cheeks.

It is a "ridiculous remark", she said, adding that "all this is irrelevant".

Priyanka Gandhi, while leaving after attending a joint parliamentary committee meeting on Wednesday, further said that important issues should be discussed ahead of the Delhi Assembly elections instead of speaking about irrelevant topics. "Elections are taking place in Delhi. Important issues should be discussed," she said.

Her remarks come days after Bidhuri said that he would make roads of Kalkaji as smooth as Priyanka Gandhi's cheeks if he is elected as an MLA in the Delhi polls. Bidhuri is BJP's candidate from the Kalkaji Assembly constituency and will be contesting against Delhi Chief Minister Atishi. Although he later expressed regret over his remarks and took them back, they sparked a massive row and drew criticism from opposition leaders, who described his comments as "distasteful" and "sexist".