Lucknow:  Shia Waqf board chief Wasim Rizvi made a deplorable statement against Congress general secretary for eastern Uttar Pradesh Priyanka Gandhi and said that given her “pretty face”, she should not be in politics.

Rizvi told reporters, “Priyanka ji is pretty. There was no need for her to enter politics. If she had come earlier, then we would have offered her to play the role of the daughter-in-law of Zafar Khan in our movie ‘Ram Janmabhoomi’.

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This is not the first time that the a leader made such misogynistic comment. One deplorable remark after the other from several leaders across ideologies or political affiliations have come to light when it comes to commenting on women leaders in electoral politics or who are campaigning. In a similar incident, recently when Jaya Prada joined the Bharatiya Janata Party, a former colleague of hers from the Samajwadi Party passed snide remarks on her, calling her a ‘dancer who will enthral people’. Firoz Khan said, “When there was a traffic jam, I stepped out of my car to have a look at her. Who knows, she would have even danced a few steps to clear out the traffic... Now, evenings in Rampur will now get colourful.”

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Meanwhile, the Supreme Court on Thursday refused to stop the release of Rizvi’s film following a plea that sought a stall on its release presented before a bench headed by Justice SA Bobde.