Amar Singh: Jaya Bachchan dislikes people around her not a mass leader

Lucknow, March 13: Rajya Sabha member Amar Singh on Tuesday said actress-turned-politician Jaya Bachchan is a good parliamentarian but an "elitist" who "dislikes people" and can never be a mass leader like Hema Malini, who too is a film actress.

"Jaya Bachchan and I have moral differences. She is pro-active in Parliament, takes her files to Rajya Sabha like a child taking a slate to school, and stays inside the House till the final gong sounds," Singh said.

"One reason behind this is that she is not a mass leader, she dislikes people. If photographers take her snap, she snatches away the camera. If any smelly person comes near her, she says 'keep this Dhoti Prasad away from me'. She belongs to the elite class," Singh, known to have strong opinions about different persons, added.

"As an MP she (Jaya) is good, but as a mass leader she is hopeless. On the other hand, Hema Malini likes meeting people in Mathura, she won her election from there, but Jaya Bachchan can never dream of winning a Lok Sabha election," he observed.