Bhopal: Senior BJP leader and Madhya Pradesh Urban Affairs Minister Kailash Vijayvargiya's remarks at an event in the state sparked a political controversy after he criticised Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi and his MP sister Priyanka Gandhi Vadra for their public displays of affection.

While addressing a party programme in Shajapur district on Thursday, Vijayvargiya said, “Our opposition leaders today are such that they kiss their young sisters in the middle of a crossroads. I want to ask you, who among you kisses your young sisters or daughters in public? This is a lack of values.”

The BJP Minister made this remark while discussing the values of Indian culture during the programme.

Vijayvargiya said, 'We are people of an old culture. In our sisters’ village, we don

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