CHANDIGARH: Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Thursday lashed out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi, citing the farmers’ agitation the protest by wrestlers, including Olympic medallists.
“Those who stopped you from entering Delhi you should throw them out of Delhi as this is your country,” Priyanka said, referring to the farmers. “Your son is the country’s solider and when your sons give their lives for this nation, you send your other children too, this is your feeling. I understand this because I am also the daughter of a martyr and the granddaughter of a martyr,” she said at her a rally in Panipat Lok Sabha seat which will go to polls in the sixth phase on May 25.
“Time has come for farmers to wake up, fight for your cause and for the Constitution and for your rights, and to throw this government out,” she said.
Talking about the women wrestlers, she said, “The daughters who brought Olympic medals were made to sit on roads and protest. When they win medals, Modi invites them to his house and gets clicked with them. And when they were fighting for justice, they were not heard.”
Priyanka gave the example of her daughter who played nationals from Haryana. “While doing training she has to get up at 3 am. My daughter used to cry saying she cannot do it. But I told to tell her that she should learn from girls of villages,” she said.
Priyanka also spoke about the poll promises (nyay patra) of the Congress, including abolishing the Agniveer scheme of temporary military recruitment. Earlier, she held a roadshow in Sirsa in support of the Congress candidate Kumari Selja. “There is a huge wave of Congress in Haryana. Haryana has the highest unemployment in the country, the price of which is being paid by the youth here,’’ she said.
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Talking about the women wrestlers, Priyanka said, “The daughters who brought Olympic medals were made to sit on roads and protest. When they win medals, Modi invites them to his house and gets clicked with them. And when they were fighting for justice, they were not heard.” She gave the example of her daughter who played nationals from Haryana.