Varun Gandhi: Im Akbar of Amar, Akbar, Anthony

May 24, 2012 12:38

BJP MP Varun Gandhi, who was in the thick of controversy for his anti-Muslim hate speech during the 2009 Lok Sabha elections is undergoing an image makeover or so it seems.

Rediff.com's Prasanna Zore reports from the BJP's national executive at Mumbai.

A beaming Varun, who is in Mumbai to attend the meet said, "We are Amar, Akbar and Anthony", pointing towards himself, former Rajya Sabha MP S S Ahluwalia and BJP general secretary Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi, as photographers asked them to pose together.

Ahluwalia, fresh out of his defeat in the recently-held elections to the Rajya Sabha from Jharkhand because of party infighting in the state too seemed to be in his element as he burst out laughing following Varun's quip.

When this correspondent asked Varun who is who amongst the trio, he quipped "I'm Akbar, he (Ahluwalia) is Amar and he (Naqvi) is Anthony.

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