Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Saturday claimed her party was fighting the same battle against the “Modi empire” that Mahatma Gandhi once fought against the British imperialists.
Addressing back-to-back rallies in Bihar’s Katihar, Bhagalpur and Purnea districts, Priyanka claimed Prime Minister Narendra Modi was not maintaining the dignity of his post by using words like katta (country-made pistol) and donali (double-barrel gun) during the poll campaign in the state.
“The battle that the INDIA bloc and Congress are fighting today is the same battle that Mahatma Gandhi once fought against the British imperialists. Even today, we are fighting for your rights and the truth… fighting against an empire, which is the Modi empire… Today, PM Modi runs the government in the same way. He suppresses people and divides them. The rights for which Mahatma Gandhi fought are in danger today. The most important among those rights is the right to vote.”
She alleged on one hand, the PM hailed ‘Vande Mataram’, which stood for non-violence, on the other, he used words like katta and donali at public rallies. She said “BJP’s nationalism was fake” as it only talked about it when polls approached. “Their Agnipath scheme has demotivated the youth of Bihar who once prepared for being recruited in the Army with nationalistic fervour,” she claimed.
