Facing flak for putting military fatigues during a rally here, Delhi BJP chief Manoj Tiwari Monday said it was “not a uniform but a shirt” and wearing Army colour is a matter of pride for him.
He said he has “10 shirts” like that and he goes for jogging every morning wearing a camouflage shirt. He also asserted that soon he would take out a rally in which all participants would be wearing the uniform. Tiwari was criticised for attending a BJP bike rally Saturday in his North East Delhi parliamentary constituency wearing an army style camouflage shirt.
“For me, wearing army colours is a matter of pride. Whenever I am happy or I have to felicitate a braveheart, I put it on,” he said.
He said what he wore was not army uniform. “It was a shirt. I have 10 shirts like that. I go to jogging wearing it every morning. Which shop or mall does not sell such shirts?”
Many social media users and Trinamool Congress MP Derek O’Brien had slammed Tiwari accusing him of seeking votes wearing army uniform.