New Delhi: Rajya Sabha MP Naresh Agrawal, who lost out in the race for re-nomination to the upper house to Jaya Bachchan, today quit the Samajwadi Party and joined the BJP, which was left embarrassed after he remarked that the SP had equated him with the film actor "who used to dance in films".
Mr Agrawal, who has courted controversies in the past too over his statements, made the remarks in the presence of BJP leaders, including Union minister Piyush Goyal, at a press conference held at the party headquarters here to announce his joining the BJP.
"I have been compared with those who dance and work in films," Mr Agrawal said, leaving the BJP leaders on the dais squirming.
Mr Agrawal also expressed his affection for SP patriarch Mulayam Singh Yadav and his cousin Ram Gopal Yadav, but said the party's strength in Uttar Pradesh has depleted.
Mr Agrawal also said that his MLA son will vote in favour of the BJP in the Rajya Sabha polls.
His remarks in the House mocking Hindu gods had sparked an uproar last year.
Mr Agrawal, who has courted controversies in the past too over his statements, made the remarks in the presence of BJP leaders, including Union minister Piyush Goyal, at a press conference held at the party headquarters here to announce his joining the BJP.
"I have been compared with those who dance and work in films," Mr Agrawal said, leaving the BJP leaders on the dais squirming.
Mr Agrawal also expressed his affection for SP patriarch Mulayam Singh Yadav and his cousin Ram Gopal Yadav, but said the party's strength in Uttar Pradesh has depleted.
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Mr Agrawal also said that his MLA son will vote in favour of the BJP in the Rajya Sabha polls.
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His remarks in the House mocking Hindu gods had sparked an uproar last year.
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