Maharashtra state tribal minister Vijaykumar Gavit has expressed regret days after his comment triggered a row. He had linked daily consumption of fish to having “eyes as beautiful” as those of Aishwarya Rai Bachchan.
In his written reply to the State Women Commission, he also said that news channels had quoted him out of context. Gavit said, he expressed regret if his comments had insulted any group of women. He added that he was speaking in the local dialect but news channels took his comments out of context.