New Delhi: Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi's husband Robert Vadra has said his wife should be in Lok Sabha and that she has all the qualifications to be in Parliament.
In an interview with PTI, Vadra said, "She should be in Lok Sabha for sure. She has all the qualifications for it. She would be very good in Parliament and she deserves to be there. I hope that the Congress party accepts and plans better for her."
He also attacked Union Minister Smriti Irani for displaying a picture of him with business tycoon Gautam Adani during a debate on the no-confidence motion in Parliament recently.
According to PTI, Vadra said he keeps away from politics but "I will speak to fight for my name because if there is anything they say they have to prove it".
"I challenge them that if they are going to take my name and 'you are going to bring my photograph, please show me something that I have done with Mr Adani. And if there is any wrongdoing I will deal with it and if not, they have to apologise and will have to take it back'," he said.
"We have a picture of our very own prime minister sitting in Adani's plane. Why should not we ask questions about that and what Rahul (Gandhi) has been asking? And why these questions are not answered," PTI quoted him as saying.
When asked about the opposition alliance, he said that the Congress has joined the INDIA bloc and it will give them (the BJP-led NDA) a good fight in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections.
"I feel INDIA is a very good title. We are going to make India great again. The BJP government has destroyed India," he said. "I am very hopeful. And I think and I hope the citizens of the country give this group a chance to make India better again, secular again, progressive again and... united again."
He also asked why Prime Minister Narendra Modi has not visited Manipur so far and why he talked in a "derogatory way" about the state during his speech in parliament.
"Those shocking videos need to be sent to the prime minister again to show what is happening in Manipur," Vadra said, referring to the video of two women being paraded naked in the northeastern state.
He further stated, "It is definitely a very sensitive matter. The prime minister himself should look into what is happening in Manipur. They have their government there. They need to resolve the matter or let another party handle it."