Priyanka Gandhi at Delhi rally

Priyanka Gandhi alleged that the policy of the government is to hand over the country’s resources “to Adani and Ambani”.”The youth of the country is grappling with price rise, unemployment, paper leaks, and there is no one to help them,” she said.Whatever was constructed in 75 years, they are attempting to destroy it, she alleged.Priyanka Gandhi urged the people to focus on protecting their right to vote, claiming that it is being taken away.”It is our duty to protect the Constitution and your voting rights…. we will keep fighting and never bow down,” she said.Priyanka Gandhi also said that Indians must rise when the country’s institutions are being “trampled upon”.She said it is important to understand the value of the vote.”When the freedom struggle was on, the slogan used to be ‘Bharat Mata Ki Jai’. Jawaharlal Nehru ji told the people to tell him ‘what is Bharat Mata’ and then explained that it is its natural resources, mountains, rivers, farms, but it is also the ‘Bharat ki janta’ who are all part of Bharat Mata,” the Congress leader said.This spirit made the Constitution and gave people the right to vote to elect a government.This thinking and spirit made institutions to strengthen democracy — the judiciary, media, Parliament, political parties, opposition parties, ruling party members, EC, were all made to protect people’s interests, she said.”When we see these institutions trampled upon, all Indians should rise. They should realise that the attack on these institutions is an attack on them. Today, the judiciary is under pressure, the media is owned by Adani or Ambani. In the previous elections, chief ministers were put in jail, our bank accounts were shut, and baseless allegations were made. Those who could not bear it, joined them, and their washing machines washed away the charges against them,” she said.Referring to the ongoing Winter Session of Parliament, Priyanka Gandhi said when Mallikarjun Kharge and Rahul Gandhi raised the issue of ‘vote chori’ and SIR, the ruling side got rattled and then sought a debate on Vande Mataram.”We kept debating as to ‘the national song belongs to whom’ and how it came about; and the big issues of unemployment, price rise, paper leak, they could not muster the courage to debate them,” she said.(With inputs from PTI)



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