Will make roads like Hema Malini's cheeks: MP minister

October 16, 2019 09:38

Cabinet Minister PC Sharma compared the condition of roads in Madhya Pradesh to "cheeks" of BJP general secretary Kailash Vijayvargiya and added that the Congress government will make them like those of Lok Sabha MP Hema Malini.

The minister gave the statement at the time he was inspecting Habibganj area along with Public Works Development minister Sajjan Verma.

"Roads in Madhya Pradesh were built like that of Washington. What has happened to these roads now? After heavy rain, there are potholes everywhere. Presently, the condition of roads is like stains of smallpox. It seems that the condition of the roads has become like the cheeks of Kailash Vijayvargiya," Sharma told reporters.

"These roads will be repaired within 15 days on the orders of Chief Minister Kamal Nath. Very soon we will make these roads like cheeks of Hema Malini," he said.

Sharma's "Washington" jibe was aimed at former Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan who had said, in 2017, that roads in the state are better than those in Washington.

-- ANI

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