UP Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav on Monday said he has no problems with his nose being the defining feature of his face and he thinks it's a "good charm".
"My tilted nose is now my identity and now I am in love with it’’. "I became Chief Minister with the same nose and it's a good charm and good luck for me," he said while releasing a book here titled 'Tipu ka Afsana', Himmet-e-Marda (The story of Tipu, Valour of a leader) a compilation of cartoons on him. Tipu is the nick name of the chief minister.
"I am glad that majority of the cartoon on me and a particular TV channel focus on three characters - my tilted nose, red cap and cycle, the election symbol of the Samajwadi party. I request the TV channel to keep showing the same cartoon. My government will complete four years in office on March 15 and next year we will win the election and form the next government’’, said the CM .
Asked whether he was ever angered or irritated by his cartoons Chief minister said "not at all, there is no question of ever getting angry. I request the media to keep focussing on my tilted nose, red cap and cycle as the image enters the minds of the people and gives me the strength and with this help I will be the chief minister for another five year term’’.
On the anger over cartoon Chief Minister also read out few lines from the Abraham lincoln’s letter to the teacher of his son ``` My son will have to learn that all men are not just, All men are not true. But teach him also that for every scoundrel there is a hero that for every selfish politician, there is a dedicated leader. Teach him for every enemy, there is a Friend’.
Revealing the secret of his deformed nose chief minister said `` I was fond of playing football and once I suffered injury in the nose and since then it’s in this shape’’.
"Netaji (Mulayam Singh Yadav) took me to a doctor who asked me if I was married. After knowing that I'm married, he said there was no need for any surgery to rectify my nose. I became CM with the same nose and it’s a good charm."
He asked the publishers to treat this as the first volume and try for bringing out the second. "There are many cartoons left that might be included in the second volume. There are legal hurdles as not everyone is ready to share cartoons. It will be worked out," Yadav said.