Focus on staying out of jail, Swamy advises Vadra

Thiruvananthapuram, June 25

Hitting back at Robert Vadra for the criticism of his tweet on waiters, BJP MP Subramanian Swamy on Saturday said Sonia Gandhi’s son-in-law should concentrate on staying out of jail instead of commenting on political issues.

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“I think Mr Vadra should concentrate on staying out of jail and not comment on political issues,” Swamy told reporters here.

Swamy’s reaction on Sonia’s son-in-law came after he criticised Swamy for ‘undermining’ waiters, saying the derogatory remarks against them were “deplorable and classist”.

“So is there no dignity in being a Waiter? The attention-seeking BJP MP Swamy’s comment “Ministers who wear a coat and tie look like waiters and must be instructed to wear Indian clothes” undermines waiters who work hard for a living; making condescending and derogatory remarks about them is deplorable and classist,” Vadra said on Facebook.

Swamy came under fire for allegedly targeting Finance Minister Arun Jaitley saying that Indian politicians look like ‘waiters’ when they wear Western clothes abroad.

In a complete turn of events, he said today that his tweets on the matter had been taken out of context, adding that he thought that Jaitley looked quite good when he travelled abroad.

Swamy said he had always targeted politicians in Western threads when they travelled abroad, even during the UPA regime.

“This is part of Bharatiyakaran. I have always been in Indian clothes and I have always practiced what I preach. It was not aimed at anyone else. Actually, Mr. Jaitley looks very good, he looks like an exception,” Swamy said.

On Friday, Swamy posted on Twitter saying, “The BJP should direct our Ministers to wear traditional and modernised Indian clothes while abroad. In coat and tie they look like waiters.” Even though he didn’t name anyone, his tweet came as soon as Jaitley came on TV channels wearing a coat and tie while meeting officials in Beijing.

Swamy also slammed reports saying that the BJP leadership was annoyed with him and was contemplating action.

According to reports, Senior BJP leaders said Swamy had overstepped the “limits of decency” while “weakening the foundations of the government” with his public attacks, including the alleged one on Jaitley. — ANI