Selfie row: Maharashtra CM Fadnavis defends his wife, says she has own intellect

October 23, 2018 22:35

Days after his wife Amruta Fadnavis courted a controversy by clicking a selfie on the edge of a Mumbai-Goa cruise ship, Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Tuesday said she is an independent individual who acts as per her "intellect".

Fadnavis said, "My wife is an independent individual and acts according to her intellect. She has an ideology of her own. Have I bought her?"

He said while Amruta was safely clicking the selfie at

a safe spot, some "narrow-minded" individuals chose to troll

her for the act.

"Some people click photos while hiding while others do it openly. Maharashtra has not seen young CMs and their wives.

What can be done in the age of 38-40 can't be done at 56 years

of age," he quipped.

A controversy erupted after a video of Amruta clicking selfie while sitting on the edge of the cruise ship went viral.

She was attending the inauguration of domestic cruise liner Angriya on October 20.

The video shows security personnel trying to persuade her to return to a safer spot.

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