Women who eat fish are easy to ‘patao’, says Maharashtra minister Vijaykumar Gavit

Tribal Welfare Minister Dr Vijaykumar Gavit made the remarks at an event

Tribal Welfare Minister Vijaykumar Gavit, who is also a medical doctor, has prescribed a beauty tip, advising women to eat fish if they wish to be as beautiful as Aishwarya Rai. He said the actor's eyes and skin were beautiful because of a daily diet of fish.

According to reports, the BJP minister, who taught medicine at a college before joining politics, was addressing an event where fishing equipment was handed out to tribal men and women. Gavit told the people at the gathering that women's eyes became beautiful thanks to a diet of fish and that those women who made their eyes beautiful thanks to a fish-diet, were easy to patao (woo).

"When you eat fish, whoever sees your eyes will definitely court you. Fish has a sort of oil that keeps your skin and eyes healthy." NCP legislator Jitendra Ahwad later took a swipe at Gavit. "This minister seems to be very studious and experienced. Start coaching classes... many students will attend," the MLA posted on Twitter.

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Meanwhile, Youth Congress leader Shivani Wadettiwar began her social media post with the line "buri najar wale tera munh kala... Minister Gavit's statement about Aishwarya and fish-eating is in bad taste for women."