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NEW DELHI: Standing at 8 feet and 1 inch, India’s tallest man Dharmendra Pratap Singh, 46, from Pratapgarh in Uttar Pradesh state has joined politics.
He has joined the Samajwadi Party (SP), which is a contender for power in Uttar Pradesh in the February assembly elections, in the presence of party chief Akhilesh Yadav in Lucknow.
“I will work to take the party to greater heights and dwarf the stature of my opponents. The stature of the rival political parties has already been reduced as a number of their leaders have joined the BJP,” he was quoted as saying by Press Trust of India.
“Whatever duties are assigned to me by the party, I will discharge them to the best of my ability. If the party asks me to campaign for SP chief Akhilesh ‘bhaiya’, then I will go to Karhal and seek votes for him. If he (Akhilesh) gives me a ticket, then I will definitely contest the elections,” he added.
The tallest Indian man said, “For a shirt, I need 4.5 to 5 metres of cloth. For a pyjama, I require around 4 metres of cloth.”
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