Priyanka Gandhi Vadra is on a two-day visit to the capital ahead of the crucial Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections next year.
Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Saturday met two women who were allegedly abused by BJP workers, and demanded that the recently held panchayat elections in Uttar Pradesh’s Lakhimpur Kheri district be canceled and rescheduled. Election should be held.
The Congress general secretary further said, “This is a fight for democracy. In our democracy, women were given reservation so that their rights could be upheld. And the situation has become such that a woman went to file her nomination papers, and was beaten up.” Up. This is not a democracy. I demand that this election be canceled, and all those places where such incidents have happened, and re-polling.
“I came to meet them, because they are women, they are my sisters, and I want to tell (them) that every woman in India stands by them. I told them not to be afraid, and be confident.”
“One day, you (both women) will file nomination papers, and emerge victorious in the elections. You should fight, and we all will fight for you,” Gandhi told reporters in Semra village of Pathagawa block of Lakhimpur Kheri district.
On July 9, Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav had alleged that BJP workers misbehaved with his party candidate Ritu Singh and his proposer Anita Yadav. He also claimed that the saffron party workers pulled Ritu and Anita’s saris.
He is on a two-day visit to the capital ahead of the crucial Uttar Pradesh assembly elections next year. UP Congress President Ajay Kumar Lallu was also present during Rahul Gandhi’s meeting with Ritu and Anita.
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