A Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader on Wednesday apologised for brandishing AK-47 rifle in a photograph.
Ashish Sareen, who is vice president of the BJP state unit, was in news after his photograph went viral in which he was brandishing an AK-47 rifle.
Talking to ANI, Sareen apologised for the photograph and said there was not any bad intention behind it.
"Many national leaders have photos with guns; I am still a local leader. It was not with any wrong intention, but I still apologise for it," Sareen said.
He said the photograph was uploaded on social media by his brother.
This is not the first incident wherein a political leader is seen with AK-47, which otherwise is the favourite weapon of the terrorists.
In 2014, a photo of People's Democratic Party (PDP) MLA Javed Mir with an AK-47 rifle had gone viral.
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