Meanwhile, Former Press Council chairman Markandey Katju has come in for huge criticism on social media for tweeting that the BJP should have made Shazia Ilmi its Chief Ministerial candidate as she is "more beautiful" than Kiran Bedi.

Katju tweeted: "I regard Shazia Ilmi much more beautiful than Kiran Bedi. If Shazia had been made their C.M. candidate BJP wud have definitely won the Delhi elections. People vote for beautiful faces, as in Croatia. Even a person like me who does not vote wud have voted for Shazia."

After angry responses flooded his timeline, Katju backtracked, tweeting, "Some people objected to my last tweet. My response is : develop a sense of humour. The tweet was in lighter vein,& shud be construed as such."

Katju may also be remembered a couple of earlier boo boos when he said Katrina Kaif should be president of India or that talk of gay marriages is "humbug and nonsense" and 90 per cent Indians are fools.