Will BJP Shift Ramesh Bidhuri From Delhi’s Kalkaji Constituency For His Remarks Against Priyanka And Atishi?

Trust Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra to lightly dismiss an outrageous remark made by Ramesh Bidhuri, BJP’s candidate for Kalkaji (Delhi) assembly seats about her cheeks. Emerging from a Parliamentary Standing Committee meeting One Nation One Poll, she helped clear what has been weighing down BJP leaders in Delhi. Putting down Bidhuri’s purported statement in a viral video, the Wayanad MP very tactfully pointed out that “It is a ridiculous remark. He never spoke about his cheeks. All this is unnecessary. During the elections, we should talk about the important issues of the people of Delhi.”  Bidhuri’s remarks that he will make all “roads of Kalkaji as smooth as Priyanka Gandhi’s cheeks. Just as we improved roads in Okhla and Sangam Vihar,”may have gone viral. It was promptly red flagged by the party. Within minutes, BJP chief JP Nadda had reprimanded him. Of course his efforts to mimic Lalu’s  promise of turning Bihar’s roads as smooth as actor Hema Malini’s cheeks were not the only misogynistic comments that he had made. It may be recalled that South Delhi-based Gujjar strongman and two-time Lok Sabha MP, Bidhuri was denied 2024 Lok Sabha ticket only because of the verbal spat he used to have with then BSP MP now Cong leader Danish Ali. More than his Priyanka remarks, what really upset the BJP leadership was his crude remarks about Delhi CM Atishi dropping her surname Marlena. A tearful Atishi had gone to people saying it was an attack on her octogenarian father. Media reports say BJP had held two meetings to consider either “shifting or cancelling” Bidhuri’s candidature. BJP feared it would affect its core support among urban women in the NCR.