Rahul Gandhi Disqualification: Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi on Sunday came heavily on Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the BJP government over the disqualification of his brother's Lok Sabha membership. Claiming that the entire government machinery is trying to save one man Adani and attacking Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Priyanka said, "This country's Prime Minister is coward and arrogant..sue me with whatever case you want to."


Here Are Top Quotes From Her Speech



  • Reacting to 'Pariwarvaad' (family culture) charge of PM Narendra Modi, Priyanka said, "You (BJP) talk about 'Pariwarvaad', I want to ask who was Lord Ram? Was he 'Pariwarvaadi', or were the Pandavas 'Pariwarvaadi' just because they fought for the culture of their family? Should we be ashamed because our family members fought for the people of the country? My family has nurtured the democracy of this country with their blood."


 



  • Priyanka said that the democracy of India has been nurtured by the blood of her family. She asked, "Should we be ashamed that our family sacrificed for the country, should we not work to save the culture of our family?"





 



  • She said that in an attempt to save only one man, the Centre has gone down to this level. Gandhi mentioned comments made by other leaders against her family adding that no action was taken in any of these.


 



  • "My father was insulted in the Parliament, my brother has been given names like Meer Jafar. Your ministers insult my mother in the Parliament. One of your CM said Rahul Gandhi does not even know who his father is, but no action is taken against these people," she added. She added, "Such people are not disqualified from the Parliament, they are not sent to jail, and they are not stopped from contesting elections for years. They have insulted my family a lot of times, but we kept quiet."


 



  • Priyanka further said, "My brother went to PM Modi and hugged him in the Parliament and said I have no hatred for you. We might have different ideologies but we do not have the ideology of hatred."


 



  • Priyanka said that she is amazed to see how people cannot see what's happening in the country. She said that citizens are paying Rs 1,000 for an LPG cylinder, shelling out so much money for essential things 'so why don't you see it properly?'. She said that it was not Rahul Gandhi's money or properties that are being given to 'one man' in the country, it was the hard-earned money of the people of India.


 



  • Telling everyone about the institutions from where Rahul Gandhi completed his studies, Priyanka said Rahul Gandhi completed his education in two of the world's most prestigious institutions, Harvard & Cambridge University and they started calling him 'Pappu', but later got to know that he is not a 'Pappu', he is honest and understands the issues of common people


 



  • She claimed that the man who had filed the defamation case against Rahul Gandhi had taken a stay on the case last year. "And when Rahul asked questions to which the Centre has no answer, that man went back to court and asked to begin the proceedings of the case."


 



  • Priyanka also slammed the manner in which the case was dealt with in court. She said that thousands of cases that are really important are pending before courts, but 'this case was opened. Within one month, the hearing was done, Rahul was convicted and even two years' punishment was awarded to him'.