UP Assembly Speaker lands in controversy over Rakhi Sawant remark

Lucknow | Uttar Pradesh Assembly Speaker Hriday Narayan Dixit has waded into controversy by saying that if one could become great just by dressing scantily, then Bollywood actor Rakhi Sawant would have become greater than Mahatma Gandhi.

He made the remarks at the ‘prabuddha varg sammelan’ (meeting of intellectuals) organised by the BJP in Bangarmau Assembly constituency of Unnao district on Sunday.

“In our opinion, no one has become an intellectual by writing a book on any topic. If that was the case, for so many years, I have read at least 6,000 books,” Dixit said.

He continued, “Gandhiji used to dress scantily. He used to wrap just a ‘dhoti’. The country called him Bapu. If somebody could become great just by taking their clothes off, then Rakhi Sawant would have become greater than Mahatma Gandhi.”

ये हैं संस्कारी भाजपा पार्टी के विधानसभा अध्यक्ष ह्रदय नारायण दीक्षित, प्रबुद्ध वर्ग सम्मेलन में राखी सावंत के कपड़ों की बात कर रहे… अब यही बचा है pic.twitter.com/7VYQR97Non

— निशीकांत त्रिवेदी ?? (@nishikantlive) September 19, 2021

A video clip of his speech went viral on social media, following which he put out a series of clarifying tweets in Hindi.

“Some friends on social media are showing the clip of a video of my speech with an otherwise meaning. This was part of my speech at the ‘prabuddha sammelan’ in Unnao, in which the moderator of the ‘sammelan’ introduced me saying that ‘I am an enlightened writer’.

सोशल मीडिया पर कुछ मित्र मेरे भाषण के एक वीडियो अंश को अन्यथा अर्थों के संकेत के साथ प्रसारित कर रहे हैं। वास्तव में यह उन्नाव के प्रबुद्ध सम्मेलन में मेरे भाषण का अंश है। जिसमें सम्मेलन संचालक ने मेरा परिचय देते हुए मुझे प्रबुद्ध लेखक बताया था।

— Hriday Narayan Dixit (मोदी का परिवार) (@Speaker_UPLA) September 19, 2021

“I took this point forward and said that no one can become an intellectual by writing books. Gandhiji used to dress scantily. He used to wrap just a dhoti. The country called him Bapu but that does not mean that if anyone dresses scantily, he or she becomes great,” he clarified.

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Lucknow | Uttar Pradesh Assembly Speaker Hriday Narayan Dixit has waded into controversy by saying that if one could become great just by dressing scantily, then Bollywood actor Rakhi Sawant would have become greater than Mahatma Gandhi.

He made the remarks at the ‘prabuddha varg sammelan’ (meeting of intellectuals) organised by the BJP in Bangarmau Assembly constituency of Unnao district on Sunday.

“In our opinion, no one has become an intellectual by writing a book on any topic. If that was the case, for so many years, I have read at least 6,000 books,” Dixit said.

He continued, “Gandhiji used to dress scantily. He used to wrap just a ‘dhoti’. The country called him Bapu. If somebody could become great just by taking their clothes off, then Rakhi Sawant would have become greater than Mahatma Gandhi.”

A video clip of his speech went viral on social media, following which he put out a series of clarifying tweets in Hindi.

“Some friends on social media are showing the clip of a video of my speech with an otherwise meaning. This was part of my speech at the ‘prabuddha sammelan’ in Unnao, in which the moderator of the ‘sammelan’ introduced me saying that ‘I am an enlightened writer’.

“I took this point forward and said that no one can become an intellectual by writing books. Gandhiji used to dress scantily. He used to wrap just a dhoti. The country called him Bapu but that does not mean that if anyone dresses scantily, he or she becomes great,” he clarified.

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Lucknow | Uttar Pradesh Assembly Speaker Hriday Narayan Dixit has waded into controversy by saying that if one could become great just by dressing scantily, then Bollywood actor Rakhi Sawant would have become greater than Mahatma Gandhi.

He made the remarks at the ‘prabuddha varg sammelan’ (meeting of intellectuals) organised by the BJP in Bangarmau Assembly constituency of Unnao district on Sunday.

“In our opinion, no one has become an intellectual by writing a book on any topic. If that was the case, for so many years, I have read at least 6,000 books,” Dixit said.

He continued, “Gandhiji used to dress scantily. He used to wrap just a ‘dhoti’. The country called him Bapu. If somebody could become great just by taking their clothes off, then Rakhi Sawant would have become greater than Mahatma Gandhi.”

A video clip of his speech went viral on social media, following which he put out a series of clarifying tweets in Hindi.

“Some friends on social media are showing the clip of a video of my speech with an otherwise meaning. This was part of my speech at the ‘prabuddha sammelan’ in Unnao, in which the moderator of the ‘sammelan’ introduced me saying that ‘I am an enlightened writer’.

“I took this point forward and said that no one can become an intellectual by writing books. Gandhiji used to dress scantily. He used to wrap just a dhoti. The country called him Bapu but that does not mean that if anyone dresses scantily, he or she becomes great,” he clarified.

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