Congress MLA from Indore Jitu Patwari (Twitter/@jitupatwari) Congress MLA from Indore Jitu Patwari (Twitter/@jitupatwari)

The Congress was left embarrassed on Tuesday after its Indore MLA Jitu Patwari was heard telling a potential voter to protect his interest and not to bother about the party, in a purported video of the party’s door-to-door campaign.

The Congress had in April named Patwari as among the four working presidents of the Madhya Pradesh Congress Committee. During his door-to-door campaign in Indore, the Rau MLA was heard telling a man, “Aap mera khayal rakhiye, meri izzat rakhiye, party gayi tel lene (you take care of me and my reputation, let the party go to hell).”

#WATCH Congress MLA from Indore’s Rau,Jitu Patwari during door-to door campaigning in Indore, says, “Aapko meri izzat rakhni hai, Party gayi tel lene.” #MadhyaPradesh ( Source: Mobile footage) pic.twitter.com/ZIodfLdwEY — ANI (@ANI) October 23, 2018

After the video went viral, Patwari claimed that he was not referring to Congress but the BJP during his interaction.

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