STAFF REPORTER
Congress MP Priyanka Gandhi has sharply reacted over BJP MP Sambit Patra’s remarks calling Rahul Gandhi the ‘biggest traitor and anti-national’ of the country. Priyanka Gandhi today said that for her brother there is nothing more important than this country.
Taking a dig at the BJP, she said that there is nothing new in this remarks because those who can call Jawaharlal Nehru and Indira Gandhi traitors can also call Rahul Gandhi.
“Those who can call Jawaharlal Nehru, who spent 13 years in jail during the Independence struggle, a traitor, those who can call Indira Gandhi, who broke Pakistan into two, a traitor, and those who can call Rajiv Gandhi, who was martyred for the country, a traitor, then if they are doing the same with Rahul Gandhi then there is nothing new in it,” Priyanka told reporters outside the Parliament building.
“I am proud of my brother, for my brother, nothing is above the country,” she said as she participated in the opposition’s protest over the Adani issue.
Referring to his Bharat Jodo Yatra, Priyanka said her brother walked 4,000 kms from Kanniyakumari to Kashmir for the unity of this country. She also alleged that the BJP did not have the courage to discuss the Adani issue in Parliament.
“They don’t have the courage to discuss the Adani issue (in Parliament). Why is there a problem in discussion… discussion happens in democracy only, they are afraid of it as well,” she said. On Thursday, Bharatiya Janata Party MPs K Laxman and Patra cited to the press a report published by French media outlet Mediapart to target Gandhi.