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Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Sunday remarked about Prime Minister Narendra’s statement on verbal abuse, saying one has to take such attacks in their stride in public life and counselled him to learn from her brother Rahul Gandhi who “is ready to take a bullet for the sake of the country”.
“Have courage, Modi ji. Learn from my brother Rahul Gandhi. My brother says he is ready to take a bullet for the sake of this country, not just abuse. My brother says he will stand for truth, whether you abuse, shoot a bullet or stab with a knife,” Priyanka said at a rally in Jamakhandi in Bagalkot district
Seemingly on the backfoot over the “poisonous snake” by Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge against Modi, the Congress on Sunday launched an attack on the PM and said that he has become the first prime minister to “cry” in front of people.
“I am seeing such a PM for the first time, who comes in front of you and cries that he was being abused. Rather than hearing your grievances, he narrates his woes. Someone in PM Modi’s office has compiled a list, which is not about the problems faced by the people. That list is about the number of times someone has abused Modi. At least the list fits just a page. If you look at the abuse hurled by them (BJP leaders) at my family, and if we start making lists, we will have to print book after book after book,” Priyanka said.
