Indore, June 6 -- Urban development minister Kailash Vijayvargiya sparked a controversy on Thursday after he compared brevity of speech with the choice of clothing of women.

During a tree plantation programme organised on the occasion of Environment Day at Sindoor Vatika in Indore, Vijayavargiya indirectly referred to Winston Churchill's words that a good speech should be like a woman's skirt.

"In the West, a short speech is considered good, like a woman who wears less clothes is considered beautiful. But I don't think so," he said.

Vijayvargiya made this comment after BJP Indore president Sumit Mishra said he had given the shortest speech of his life.

"Sumit gave a very beautiful speech. One should always give a short speech. This is...