New Delhi: UP Minister Sidharth Nath Singh has slammed the Congress alleging the party, including Priyanka Gandhi never respected the country’s second PM Lal Bahadur Shastri. “This is condemnable. She (Priyanka) comes from Nehru-Vadra family.
She has insulted the second PM of the country. She took out her own garland and put it on the statue, this indicates that she does not respect him. If she does not respect him she should not have put a garland in the first place,” Singh told ANI on Wednesday.
He added, “However, it is also a fact that the Gandhi family has never respected Shastri Ji. Had they respected him then Atal ji would not have had to make Shastri Memorial in 2005.” His remark comes after a video appeared online showing Priyanka garlanding a statue of the ex-PM with a used garland.
Union Textile Minister Smriti Irani on Wednesday also accused Pryanka of insulting Shastri. Soon after Priyanka garlanded Shastri’s statue, BJP workers were seen “purifying” it with Gangajal (water from the holy Ganga). BJP workers alleged garlanding of the statue by Priyanka was an “insult” to the former PM since husband Robert Vadra and the Congress are involved in corruption.
