TDP: I proposed Sonia Gandhi to get Rahul Gandhi married to Brahmin girl

Vizag, July 6 Telugu Desam Party (TDP) MP JC Diwakar Reddy has said that he had once proposed United Progressive Alliance (UPA) director Sonia Gandhi to get her child and Congress chief Rahul Gandhi 'wedded to a Brahmin girl', so that Rahul can become the prime minister.

Addressing a public gathering, Reddy said on July 4 that since Rahul required the help of Brahmins in Uttar Pradesh, he should get married to a 'good Brahmin girl'.

In the context of Rahul's elevation as prime minister, Reddy stated, "When I was in the Congress I proposed to Sonia Gandhi that if Rahul needs to be the PM in 2014, he needs support of UP Brahmins.

The Brahmin people group is ruling in UP.

That is the reason I suggested to her that get Rahul married to a good Brahmin girl. But, Sonia Gandhi didn't listen to me," Reddy said.

Reddy, who won from Anantpur parliamentary seat, has been six times MLA on a Congress party ticket however later joined the TDP ahead of the General Elections in 2014.