Priyanka Gandhi raises Lakhimpur Kheri at Varanasi rally

Tribune News Service

New Delhi, October 10

Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, addressing a huge gathering at the ‘Kisan Nyay’ rally in PM’s parliamentary constituency Varanasi on Sunday, alleged that the people had stopped expecting justice from the ruling dispensation. Claiming that only BJP leaders and PM Narendra Modi’s “billionaire friends” were safe in India, she asked the people to shun fear and stand with the Congress to “save the country”. 

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The UP Police attack the victims and protect the perpetrators... Only BJP leaders & PM’s billionaire friends are safe in India.

Citing the turn of events in Lakhimpur Kheri, where four farmers were allegedly mowed down by vehicles belonging to MoS for Home Ajay Mishra, Priyanka accused the UP Police of going soft on the accused. “In this regime, victims are attacked and accused are protected. After the Lakhimpur Kheri violence, the UP Police were busy stopping us from visiting the distraught families. To the accused, they were sending an invitation to come and talk. Can this happen in any other country,” asked the AICC general secretary in-charge of UP, citing summons to Mishra’s son Ashish, the prime accused in the case.

Priyanka recalled the killing of Scheduled Castes in UP’s Sonbhadra and the rape of a Scheduled Caste girl in Hathras to say: “The state police attack the victims and protect the perpetrators.” 

She asked why the PM could not travel a mere 10 km from his residence to Delhi borders to speak with the protesting farmers. “He calls himself Gangaputra, but has insulted thousands of Gangaputras  who cultivate our land. Does he know of their struggles? Does he know they are getting power bills but no power and paddy and wheat procurement prices are falling,” she asked.

In a jibe at the Air India sale, Priyanka remarked: “The PM last year bought two aircraft for himself at a cost of Rs 16,000 crore and he sold Air India to his industrialist friends for Rs 18,000 crore.”