PM Modi, Arvind Kejriwal are slaves of big industrialists: Priyanka Gandhi’s scathing attack
Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Sunday launched a scathing attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi and AAP chief Amit Shah, saying both leaders are alike and “slaves of big industrialists”.
At an election rally in Delhi, the Congress MP said she had never seen such “crybaby” leaders or “bigger cowards than them”.
Slamming the PM for accusing Sonia Gandhi of insulting President Droupadi Murmu, Priyanka said that turning it into an election issue was an insult to people struggling with inflation and unemployment.
“Modi ji that day said about my mother that she had insulted the President. What kind of issue did they raise? One elderly woman is expressing her sympathy for another elderly woman, saying that ‘bechari Rashtrapati ji thak gayi hongi ek ghante ka bhashan unko padhna pada (President would have been tired as she was made to read out an address for an hour)’,” news agency PTI quoted Priyanka as saying.
She added, “They attempted to make this an election issue, saying it is an insult. You are insulting the people of the country who are struggling due to inflation and unemployment, they are not getting pensions and safai karamcharis are troubled, and you are talking about these useless things”.
The Congress leader further alleged that while PM Modi frequently blames former Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru, Kejriwal blames the PM.
“Modi ji says that because of Nehru ji many works were stalled. For all the work he is unable to do, he immediately blames Nehru ji as an excuse. Kejriwal says that he is unable to work due to Modi ji. I haven’t seen such crybaby leaders. I have not seen bigger cowards than them,” Priyanka Gandhi said.
She alleged that whether it is Kejriwal or PM Modi, they are “slaves of these big industrialists”. PM Modi talks about “sheesh mahal”. For the BJP, it has become a major issue that Kejriwal built a “sheesh mahal” for himself and for AAP leaders, Modi made a “raj mahal”, she remarked.
The BJP targeted Congress leaders for allegedly insulting President Droupadi Murmu after her address at the opening of the Budget session of Parliament on Saturday. Soon after the President delivered her address, Congress leaders Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi, and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra were seen discussing the speech in the Parliament complex.
“The poor lady, the President, was getting very tired by the end… She could hardly speak, poor thing,” Sonia Gandhi was purportedly heard saying in a video clip doing the rounds of social media.
PM Modi, among other BJP leaders, launched a scathing attack on the Congress, accusing its “shahi parivar” of insulting President Murmu, who hails from a tribal background, and demanding an apology.
Criticising PM Modi’s governance, she accused him of being disconnected from people’s issues, highlighting inflation and the pandemic response. She also attacked Kejriwal’s claims of honesty, citing the liquor scam, and alleged that both leaders serve corporate interests, calling on voters to hold them accountable.
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