Shatrughan Sinha takes a U-turn on 'Jinnah' remark, calls it 'slip of tongue'

“Whatever I said yesterday was slip of tongue. I wanted to say Maulana Azad but uttered Muhammad Ali Jinnah,” said the actor-turned-politician.

Shatrughan Sinha

Congress leader Shatrughan Sinha took a major U-turn over his recent “Jinnah” remark, calling it a “slip of tongue” in an effort to defuse the controversy surrounding it. “Whatever I said yesterday was slip of tongue. I wanted to say Maulana Azad but uttered Muhammad Ali Jinnah,” said the actor-turned-politician. When asked if he regrets his comment, Shatrughan shot back, “(Regret) For what? If there's a quick clarification for a slip of tongue, explaining that I didn't say it, why will I regret it?” Shatrughan, who recently left the Bharatiya Janata Party and joined the Congress, has been fielded from Bihar's Patna Sahib. While campaigning for Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Kamal Nath's son Nakul Nath on Friday, Shatrughan said that both Mahatma Gandhi and Mohammad Ali Jinnah played a roled in Indian independence. “Ye Congress parivar Mahatma Gandhi se leke, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel se leke, Muhammad Ali Jinnah se leke, Jawaharlal Nehru se leke, swargiya Indira Gandhi se leke, Rajiv Gandhi se leke aur Rahul Gandhi se leke inki party hai jinka desh ke vikas me, desh ki tarakki me, desh ki azadi me sabse mehatvapurna aur sabse bada yogdaan hua, isliye hum yaha aye (This is the Congress family that starts from Mahatma Gandhi, to Sardar Vallabbhai Patel, Mohammad Ali Jinnah, Jawaharlal Nehru, Indira Gandhi, Rajiv Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi, and Subhas Chandra Bose, it's their party. They played the most important role in country's development and independence and so I joined their party. I have joined their party and will never leave the party),” said Sinha.