Bareilly: BJP candidate Maneka Gandhi had launched a blistering attack on UPA chairperson and her sister-in-law Sonia Gandhi and asked her how a woman who had “brought nothing in dowry at the time of her marriage went on to become the sixth richest, according to some media reports in the West, woman in the world.”
She said it at the moments before filing her nomination from Pilibhit on Friday, where she shifted for this election from Aonla.
Maneka had accused UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi for indulging in large scale corruption. While addressing a public meeting on Thursday in Puranpur tehsil of Pilibhit parliamentary constituency and said, “Congress president jab videsh se shaadi hokar aayi thi to yahan ki janata ne unhe itna pyar aur dulaar diya. Lekin aaj videshi media ke anusaar woh duniya ki chathi amir mahila hain. Aakhir kaise?”
Maneka also asked, “Shaadi ke samay dahej mein kuch bhi saath nahi laayi thi, tab phir itna paisa kahan se aaya. Yeh hamari zindagi, hamare bahchon ke bhawishya se aaya hai. Jo paisa unke liye road, school, bijli ke liye tha, usi ko le liya.”
The barbs did not end there. Maneka went on to accuse the UPA government of financial bungling, which she said was “100 times more than that during the time of British rulers”.
She also recalled the tribulations of those who took part in the freedom struggle and said, “They faced police brutalities and braved lathis, bullets. But the UPA government in its 10-year rule has broken all records in terms of looting and plundering the country, even out-pacing the Britishers.”
Congress had also given counter attacked on Maneka Gandhi. Sanjay Kapoor, Congress candidate from Pilibhit, said, “It is very unfortunate to hear such statements from a person of Maneka Gandhi’s stature. She is talking about dahej in this age where it is considered a punishable offence. Sonia Gandhi stands out as an apostle of sacrifice who turned down the post of Prime Minister despite having the support of more than 300 MPs. On the other hand, both Maneka and her son Varun, have always indulged in divisive politics pitting Hindus against Muslims.”
Bureau Report
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