Bhopal: At a time when leaders in the Narendra Modi government are doing everything possible to make ‘Swachh Bharat Abhiyan’ a success, BJP MP from Bhopal Pragya Singh Thakur has made a statement that could court controversy. Thakur’s statement came barely a week after actor-turned-politician Hema Malini, along with Minister of State For Finance Anurag Thakur, took part in a cleanliness drive within Parliament premises.
While interacting with BJP workers at Sehore district headquarters on Sunday, she said that she has not been elected as Member of Parliament to clean toilets and drains. Within minutes, the video of Pragya Thakur went viral on the social media. Notably, the sanitation campaign was launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and each and every member of the party have been shouldered responsibility to participate in the sanitation campaign.
Thinking otherwise when all NDA ministers are spreading awareness about India’s largest cleanliness campaign, Thakur said, “We were not elected to get your drains cleaned. We were not made to get your toilets cleaned. We will do all the work for which we have been elected.”
She further said, “With honesty I will do the duty that I have been entrusted with.” Her comment was applauded by other local leaders present at the meeting.
Her comment came in response to a grievance raised by a BJP worker here over the issues faced by people due to lack of cleanliness and hygiene in the area. Pragya Thakur, who successfully contested the Lok Sabha elections against senior Congress leader Digvijaya Singh from Bhopal constituency, has been in news several times in the recent past for making controversial statements, including that on former Maharashtra ATS Chief Hemant Karkare.