A few days back stand- up comedian Raju Srivastav announced that he had been offered a ticket by the Congress to contest for the Lok Sabha polls. However, this may not be completely true, say party members.

The truth is that the Congress party never made an offer to the comedian. On the contrary, Raju himself is trying to gate crash into the grand old party of India.

Congress city Chief Kripa Shankar Singh clarifies, “We never made an offer to Raju Srivastav. He himself expressed a desire (through the media) to join us. Raju believes in the ideology of the Congress and we always look for like minded people. However, no decision has been taken regarding his association with our party.”

Srivastav was quoted saying that he’s been offered a ticket from the Congress. The comic also stated that he was interested in contesting from his home state Allahabad. Reportedly, Raju has claimed to have met both Congress president Sonia Gandhi and her son Rahul. However, there seems to be no truth in this too.