'Funds for Flab’: Ujjain MP Loses 15 Kgs After Nitin Gadkari Promised Rs 1,000 Crore Fund For Loss Of Each Kilo

After Nitin Gadkari announced a 'Fund for Flab' challenge, in which he said he would allot Rs. 1000 crore per kg lost Ujjain MP Anil Firojiya says he is entitled to Rs. 15 ,00 crore as he lost 15 kgs.

Ujjain MP Anil Firojiya & Union Minister Nitin Gadkari

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New Delhi: Ujjain MP Anil Firojiya claims that he is entitled to Rs 15,000 crore fund for developmental works in his constituency as he has lost 15 kgs of weight. Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari in February started a challenge called ‘Funds for Flab’ in which he promised to allot Rs. 1000 crore funds per kilogram lost while addressing an event in which the foundation stones of a few projects were laid according to PTI.

"Anil Firojiya is constantly demanding a budget for development from me. I have given him a condition, I was 135 kg. Now I weigh 93 kg. I showed him my old photo. People do not recognize me. That's why I will give 1,000 crore rupees for the development of Ujjain for as many kilos as you lose, just lose your weight. I will tell you how to do it," the union minister said according to an NDTV report.

Firojiya, a first-time MP, told PTI on Saturday that he weighed 127 kilograms in February. During his speech in February, Gadkari had also spoken about his own weight loss journey and had hoped it would motivate Firojiya.

"Gadkari had made this announcement in February to motivate me to get fit. He had said he would allocate Rs 1,000 crore for development works per kilogram of weight I lost. I accepted his command and have lost 15 kilograms in the past four months", a PTI report quoted Firojiya as saying.

"I am achieving this by adopting a fitness regime that comprises adhering to a diet plan and indulging in physical exercise, cycling and yoga. I was 127 kilograms earlier. Now, I am entitled to ask for Rs 15,000 crore for development works in my constituency as I have lost 15 kilograms," the LS MP asserted according to the news agency ANI. 

He said he would continue to shed weight so that his Lok Sabha area can get more funds for development.