'Scanty clothes don’t make Rakhi Sawant greater than Gandhi,' says UP Speaker, clarifies after row

UP Assembly Speaker Hriday Narayan Dixit landed in a controversy for saying if one becomes great by just dressing scantily, Rakhi Sawant would have been greater than Mahatma Gandhi.

Uttar Pradesh Assembly Speaker Hriday Narayan Dixit landed in a major controversy on Sunday after saying if one becomes great by just dressing scantily, Rakhi Sawant would have been greater than Mahatma Gandhi. Now, Dixit has issued a clarification after facing flak on social media. ''

"In our opinion, no one has become an intellectual by writing a book on any topic. If that was the case for so many years, I have read at least 6,000 books," Dixit said at the 'prabuddh varg sammelan' (meeting of intellectuals) organised by the BJP in Unnao district on Sunday.