Rae Bareli (Uttar Pradesh): For the second consecutive day, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra Wednesday targeted the BJP and its prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi.
Speaking at an election meeting in her mother Sonia Gandhi’s parliamentary constituency, she directly attacked Modi by telling the crowd “he was listening to conversations of women”.
Referring to the Gujarat snoopgate scandal where opposition parties allege that Modi ordered tracking of the movements of a woman and spying on her, Priyanka said the man who was calling for protection of women was himself spying on a woman.
Seeking votes for her mother and Congress president Sonia, she urged the people not to be swayed by false propaganda unleashed by the opposition and said voters should keep their welfare and the progress of nation in mind while voting.
“A lot is being said in the poll season and you must be watching on television the type of ‘tu-tu-main-main’ (verbal spat) going on between political leaders,” she told a gathering in Rae Bareli.
At times, television news can be disgusting, Priyanka said while pointing out that she often asked her children not to watch television.
Realizing that a large number of television crews were present at the meeting, she immediately apologized for the taunt but added that somehow this was the reality.
Priyanka also listed many issues like infrastructure development, creation of jobs and women’s empowerment as key issues people should care for. Ask the politicians how they will protect your interests, she told a group of women.
Priyanka is doubling as the campaign manager of her mother Sonia and brother Rahul for their respective constituencies of Rae Bareli and Amethi.
Rae Bareli votes April 30 while polling in Amethi will be held May 7.