In a scathing attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his recent remarks that the Congress “would not spare even the mangalsutra of women”, Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Tuesday said he would not make such a statement if he knew the value of the mangalsutra.
Challenging him to fight the elections on issues such as price rise and unemployment, Ms. Vadra said, “How many more elections will you fight on Hindu-Muslim agenda? Do you know our party’s tradition? My grandmother Indira Gandhi donated her mangalsutra during the war. My mother’s mangalsutra was also sacrificed for the country,” she said referring to the assassination of her father.
“This country has been free for the past 75 years and 55 years the Congress was in power. Did Congress ever snatch your gold or mangalsutra?” she asked addressing a public meeting in Bengaluru South.
