Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Sunday slammed the Bharatiya Janta party (BJP) for insulting Rahul Gandhi, son of a ‘martyred prime minister’, by calling a traitor and Mir Jafar. Addressing a gathering at Rajghat — the memorial of Mahatma Gandhi — in Delhi to protest against Rahul Gandhi’s conviction in a 2019 defamation case and his subsequent disqualification from the Lok Sabha, Priyanka also alleged that Prime Minister Narendra Modi is a “Coward”.
“You call my brother, the son of a martyr, a traitor and Mir Jafar. You insult his mother. Your Chief Minister says Rahul Gandhi doesn’t know who his mother is. You insult my family every day. But no cases are filed,” Priyanka Gandhi Vadra said.
The Congress leader flipped the BJP’s pitch against Rahul Gandhi, saying BJP insulted the Gandhi family’s Kashmiri Pandit lineage.
“Your Prime Minister, in a parliament full of people, says ‘why doesn’t this family use the name Nehru name’. He insults the whole family of Kashmiri Pandits, and the custom of a son carrying forward the family’s name after the death of his father,” Priyanka Gandhi said.
She said the time had come to raise a voice against an “arrogant government” as barring Rahul Gandhi from contesting elections does not bode well for the country and its democracy.
The Congress leader termed him “coward” and one “who is hiding behind power to save one man”. “Iss desh ka Pradhan Mantri Kaayar Hai (the Prime Minister of this country is a coward,” she said.
Priyanka gandhi alleged that Rahul Gandhi was disqualified for questioning the prime minister on industrialist Gautam Adani and that people will give a befitting reply to those behind the action.
“First they termed him papu, but they did not know that Papu was educated in top universities of Cambridge and Harvard. And, one day the Papu started walking with lakhs of people joining him even in snowfall and rain… so they decided to keep him out of Parliament so that he could not ask questions,” she said.
She asserted that the tide will turn from today, and the whole nation will unite to throw the present regime, as the people have overthrown autocratic rulers.
“My family’s blood has ploughed democracy in this country. We are ready to do anything for this country’s democracy. Great leaders of Congress laid the foundation of democracy in this country.
“Time has come and we are not the ones who will remain silent anymore,” she told the gathering at the “Sankalp Satyagraha” outside Rajghat.
Asking if a martyred prime minister’s son can insult the country, Priyanka Gandhi, “This is an insult to that prime minister who gave his life.”
Top party leaders including Mallikarjun Kharge, Jairam Ramesh, P Chidambaram, Salman Khursheed, Ajay Maken, KC Venugopal, Mukul Wasnik Pramod Tiwari, and Adhir Ranjan Chaudhary, also participated at party’s protest at Rajghat, despite Delhi police denying permission for the gathering.
Delhi Police maintained a tight vigil in the area and banned large gatherings around the area.
BJP Slams Priyanka For Comparing Rahul Gandhi to Lord Ram
The BJP on Sunday slammed the Congress over its ‘Sankalp Satyagraha’, alleging that it was agitating against the country’s Constitution and the court verdict against Rahul Gandhi to justify his remarks against the entire backward community of the country.
Addressing a press conference, BJP spokesperson Sudhanshu Trivedi also dubbed the Congress stir as an insult to Mahatma Gandhi, saying while the Father of the Nation had organised Satyagraha for social causes, the Congress was holding “so-called Satyagraha” for personal reasons.
Replying to questions, Trivedi said it’s “very sad” that Priyanka Gandhi Vadra “compared” her brother Gandhi with Lord Ram.
Speaking at a protest in Delhi, she hit out at the BJP over the allegation of dynastic politics “How much will you insult one person?” Priyanka Gandhi Vadra said and asked if Lord Ram, who was sent into exile, was a “parivaarwadi”.
“They accuse us of dynasticism. Who was Lord Ram? He was exiled and he fulfilled his responsibilities towards his family and motherland. Was Lord Ram ‘parivaarwadi’? Were Pandavas ‘parivaarwadi’ because they fought to uphold the values of their family. Should we be ashamed that our family members sacrificed their lives for this country?” the Congress leader said.
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