Mumbai, Apr 18: Comparisons between item girls and Kejriwal haven't gone down well with the item girls, who say people should stop dragging them into this.
The shooting from the lip syndrome continues with some politicians, for reasons best known to them, comparing Arvind Kejriwal with item girls. From novelist Chetan Bhagat to Shiv Sena's Uddhav Thackeray, many people seem to have taken a fancy to the analogy.
Arun Bakshi, a supporter of the BSP (Bahujan Samaj Party), the latest one to draw the analogy, called Kejriwal an 'item girl of Congress' on account of the AAP's supposed focus on attracting crowds. Congress general secretary Digvijay Singh, the first one to notice the 'similarity', had compared Kejriwal with item girl Rakhi Sawant, to which Rakhi had said that she would file a defamation lawsuit against him. We decided to ask some item girls what they thought about these comparisons.
They just want publicity: Rakhi Sawant Mere paas na inn sab faaltu cheezon ke liye ab bilkul time nahi hai, main sirf apni janta ka khayal rakhne pe dhyan dena chahti hoon. Aur yeh Arun Bakshi hain kaun? Mujhe lagta hai ki apna bheja inhe bilkul istemal nahi karna chahiye — itna cheap language, cheap comments karke. Janta bhookh se marr rahi hai, unke baare mein sochna chahiye. Par inn sab logon ko sirf aur sirf publicity chahiye.
They aren't even as educated as we are: Kashmera Shah Why do politicians always have to bring item girls into all this? This is just reflecting their illiteracy. Item numbers are very entertaining — Aishwarya has done it, Priyanka ne kiya hai, Malaika (Arora Khan) aur main kar rahe hain. I'd have them know that they are not even half as educated as I am; Malaika and I went to the same college. How well do any of these politicians know an item girl, anyway, on a personal level? They should, right, if they are making all these comments? Unfortunately, our kind of democracy allows even these kinds of people to contest for elections. If only CAs, engineers or doctors could contest, we would not, at least, have all this lack of education showing.
Don't make such loose comments about our profession: Mahek Chahal I am appalled at the statements made by some politicians where they have used the term 'item girl' in reference to people who are contesting for elections. It is shocking how they have generalised the term and insulted an art form, and a profession that has been around since the time of Helen aunty. Today, everyone from Aishwarya to Deepika have done item songs. I am proud to be an item girl, and having done several songs myself, I would request our honourable politicians to refrain from passing such loose comments on our profession.
They think item girl matlab Rakhi, Rakhi matlab drama: Sambhavna Seth Agar inn logon ko lagta hai ki jinse aur kuch nahi ho pata hai, woh item girl bante hain, toh main inko kahungi ki, kyun nahi, aap hi kuch bann kar bata do. Yeh nihayat hi badtameez insaan hain joh be-matlab yeh sab bol rahe hain. Ek baar inhe camera ke saamne khada kar dijiye, aur boliye nacho, tab inki batti gul ho jayegi. Item girls ko bahut easy target bana lete hain. Gadbad yeh ho gayi hai ki item girl has become synonymous with Rakhi Sawant — toh item girl matlab Rakhi, Rakhi matlab drama - aur suffer hum sabko karna padta hai iss wajah se. Agar yeh responsible citizens hote , responsible candidates hote, toh aise kisi ke profession ka mazaak nahi banaate. Yeh log toh public ka paisa khaate hain, item girls ka bhi paisa khate hain, toh yeh toh iss layak hi nahi hain ki item girls pe comment karein. Hum kum se kum dance karke, apne paison par toh jeete hain na. Hum jab vote kar dete hain, uske baad wait hi karte reh jaate hain ki ab paanch saal baad sarkar shayad achhi ho jayegi. Mere paas bhi politics join karne ke bahut offers aaye hain, par main tab join karungi jab mujhe lagega ki main logon ke liye kuch kar sakti hoon.
The Arvind Kejriwal-item girl analogies
Actor Arun Bakshi, who's supporting the BSP, called Kejriwal "the item girl of Congress", substantiating the comparison with AAP's supposed focus on merely 'attracting the crowd'.
Shiv Sena's Uddhav Thackeray declared that Rakhi Sawant can be a better administrator than Mr Kejriwal. Thackeray put madari, bandar and item girls in the same league.
Chetan Bhagat, expressing his disappointment in the AAP, said that actresses who can't make it in Bollywood resort to item numbers for instant attention — the common trait between Kejriwal and the item girls.
Digvijay Singh, claiming to be "an old fan" of Rakhi Sawant, said that the similarity between Sawant and Kejriwal is that "both try and expose, but with no substance".
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