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Why are we discussing Pakistan when polls are in India: Priyanka Gandhi slams BJP amid Aiyar row

Why is Pakistan being discussed when elections are taking place in India and the unemployment rate here is at a 45-year high, Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra asked on May 10 as she hit back at the BJP on the row over Mani Shankar Aiyar's remarks.

She also asked the ruling party to fight the polls on real issues.

In an exclusive interview with PTI, Ms. Priyanka Gandhi accused the BJP of raising the Hindu-Muslim rhetoric to win the elections and asserted that the people don't want the polls to be contested on the basis of religion and caste.

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