SULTANPUR: Union Minister Maneka Gandhi, who had stirred a controversy by asking Muslims to vote for her as they will need her once the Lok Sabha elections are over, on Wednesday said her remarks were taken out of context.
Busy electioneering here for the May 12 polling, the BJP leader said she had only stressed that while working she never gives any importance to caste and religion but feels bad when people say that they will not vote for her as they do not want to vote for “lotus”.
“Wherever I’ve gone, I’ve thought of all religions and castes. When we work, we work for all and that time nobody is concerned about lotus, but when it is time to vote and people tell us that they will not vote for me because they don’t want to vote for the lotus symbol, it feels very bad,” she said.
Maneka Gandhi was banned by the Election Commission from campaigning for 48 hours last month for her remarks.
“It was totally out of context….. You have heard my speeches,” she said. (AGENCIES)
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