Mobilenews24x7 Bureau
Kanpur, Feb 16 (UNI) Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi on Wednesday lashed out at the Bharatiya Janata Party and said that BJP leaders humiliated her family, which had sacrificed their lives for the country. At ‘Mahila Shakti Garjana’ programme organised after the roadshow in support of the party candidate, Priyanka said, “Members of my family got martyred while serving the country, but the people of BJP humiliate them because they don’t know the meaning of martyrdom.
They do not understand the sentiments. “They say what Congress had made in 70 years. What would you have sold if it was not made by the Congress. Those institutions gave employment. Institutions like Railway and BHEL, which used to provide employment, are being sold,” she added. Giving strong reaction to the release of main accused of Lakhimpur Kheri incident – Ashish Mishra, Priyanka said, “Modi shared the dais with the Minister, whose son mowed down farmers in front of hundreds of people. The father of this criminal is still a Minister and he has been released. What will happen to the farmers who were killed?”
Accusing the BJP of misleading the public on the issues of inflation, education and unemployment, she alleged that small and medium industries were facing tough times due to the wrong economic policies of The government. “I am asking you to wake up, you are being misled. Inflation, unemployment and education are your issues. The leather industry here used to be very big, but nothing has been done for you in five years. Kanpur is the city of small and medium businessmen and traders. Business here is the backbone of the country, but nothing has been done by the government for the industry and business of the city in the last five years,” she alleged. Priyanka said the government was reminded of employment at election time. “Now when the elections have come, then the government is reminded of giving employment, giving work to the women.
When we spoke of empowering women, then all political parties started making announcements. “Today, small and medium traders are in crisis, the government instead of giving relief, gave problems of demonetisation and GST. Black money did not return, in fact, the backbone of the traders was damaged,” she added. The Congress leader said that all industries and businesses were in crisis.
“The government did demonetisation, you were told that black money will return, did you see the black money? BJP government, whether at the Centre or in the state, its working for the rich. There is nothing for you in the budget,” she said. Priyanka said that religion and caste were poll issues for parties, as they knew that they would get votes in their name. “This is because you didn’t make them accountable. Religion of any leader is not so big that he didn’t serve the people. Service is the biggest religion. No religion teaches people to divide people. All religions teach that service is supreme. Serve whoever comes in front of you,” she added.
