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Senior BJP leader L K Advani on Thursday seemed to echo the sentiments of Congress President Sonia Gandhi on the attitude of leaders when he said there was a need to change the image of "the ugly Indian politician".
Speaking at a BJP workshop on "Politics for Development" organised on the death anniversary of party ideologue Deen Dayal Upadhyaya, Advani said: "The political community does not have a very good image. There is a need to change the image of the ugly Indian politician...People say if one is in politics one must be corrupt."
Advani's statement came a day after Sonia said that it was very difficult in today's politics for a leader to be a "saint" and lamented that the moment a politician gets a post he becomes arrogant.
The Congress president had on Wednesday said that remaining a saint in today's politics was a most difficult task and highlighted the need for continued existence of good people in politics.