Maharashtra minister and senior state BJP leader Vijaykumar Gavit has landed in an unseemly controversy over his statement that consumption of fish daily would result in people, particularly women, having beautiful eyes like that of Bollywood actress Aishwarya Rai.
In a development that revived the memories of then Railways Minister Lalu Prasad Yadav’s famous statement that he would make Bihar's roads as smooth as Hema Malini’s cheeks, the six-time MLA and State Tribal Development Minister Dr Gavit unwittingly stirred up a hornet’s nest through his statement made during an Adivasi rally.