Some people in the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) need to speak less, Union minister Nitin Gadkari said on Wednesday, 19 December.
Politicians in general need to be more economical while speaking to media, the senior BJP leader said during an interaction at the Republic Summit.
Asked what prompted the BJP to hold as many as 70 press conferences in a day on the Rafale jet purchase issue, Gadkari said, "We have so many leaders, and we so like to speak before the (TV journalist's) boom, so we have to give them some work."
Gadkari recalled a scene from Bollywood film ‘Bombay to Goa’ (1972) where parents of a voracious child cover his mouth with a piece of cloth to stop him from eating.