Ballia, Mar 24 (Agencies): In a shocking statement, Surendra Singh, BJP legislator from UP, took a sexist jibe at UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi, saying she was a dancer in Italy and that Rahul Gandhi was following his father's footsteps by inducting Sapna Choudhary into the party.
"Rahul's mother was also in the same profession in Italy and his father made her his own. He (Rahul) should also take the family tradition forward and make Sapna his own," he said, while reacting to reports that Haryanvi artiste and popular stage performer Sapna Chaudhary has joined the Congress.
He went on to say as heard in a video: "Rahul Gandhi must follow the footsteps of his father by accepting Chaudhary in the same way as Rajiv accepted Sonia."
On Saturday, Haryanvi dancer, singer, actor and former Big Boss participant Sapna Chaudhary had reportedly joined the Congress party, a claim which she denied on Sunday.
"I have not joined the Congress party. The photograph with Priyanka Gandhi is an old one. I have met her several times before. I am not going to campaign for any political party," she told reporters here.
About her political ambitions, she said she was not joining politics. "When I will join politics, I will come out in the open," she said.
Uttar Pradesh Congress chief Raj Babbar had on Saturday night tweeted a photograph of Choudhary along with Priyanka Gandhi, saying "welcome to the Congress family".