Chhattisgarh Labour and Sports Minister Bhaiyalal Rajwade has said that bachelors have a "bright future" in the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
"Bachelors have a bright future in our party. As you know our Prime Minister is a bachelor, many chief ministers and other ministers are bachelors," Rajwade said, while giving a speech on the occasion of party's Uttar Pradesh vice-president Deepak Patel's birthday.
The reference was made in the name of Deepak Patel, who, Rajwade said, is also a bachelor.