Close Aide Amit Shah is chief – faces three counts of murder and was banned briefly during the election campaign this year for delivering hate speeches.

“BJP can open even brothels for votes,” AAP leader

In a controversial statement, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Naveen Jaihind has said that the Bharatiya Janata Party can open brothels for the sake of garnering votes.

Hitting out at BJP Kisan Morcha president Om Prakash Dhankar, Jaihind has been quoted as saying by a news channel that the BJP’s mentality is sick.

BJP can open brothels in every district just to get votes, added Jaihind.

Dhankar had  triggered a controversy by allegedly saying the BJP would get girls from Bihar to ensure that men in Haryana can get married. He had made the remark during a meeting of party workers in Haryana, a state known for its skewed sex ratio.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s closest political associate was named the president of his ruling Bharatiya Janata Party  as the leader tightened his grip on the party he carried to its biggest election victory this summer.

Amit Shah is a controversial former minister from Modi’s home state of Gujarat. He faces three counts of murder and was banned briefly during the election campaign this year for delivering hate speeches.

Shah masterminded the BJP’s strongest showing in the battleground Uttar Pradesh, helping to propel the party to an absolute majority of its own in the parliamentary election. “The spectacular success that he achieved in Uttar Pradesh has never been done before,” the outgoing party chief, Rajnath Singh, told a news conference. “So we decided to give him the national responsibility.” The party’s top decision-making parliamentary board unanimously chose Shah as his successor, added Singh, who is now in government as the home minister.