Patna, Mar 26 : In an obvious reference to the row kicked up by Varun Gandhi, who has been accused of making inflammatory anti-Muslim remarks, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Shatrughan Sinha has said that politicians should not hurt religious sentiments.
Ha, but I wish people had asked me instead of speculating about my contesting the elections. I looked at my colleagues in politics and wondered why they were lobbying so hard for a ticket. Gairon se kaha tumne gairon se suna tumne kuch humse suna hota kuch humse kaha hota. I’d have happily given over my candidacy to anyone who asked for it. I didn’t come into politics to become rich or to gain power. I was influenced by the political ideology of Jaiprakash Narayan . I came into this field to practice healthy politics.
Isn’t ‘healthy politics’ a contradiction in terms?