Why are we discussing Pakistan when polls are in India: Priyanka Gandhi slams BJP amid Aiyar row
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 Friday 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, 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.
«People are saying you've (the BJP) won two elections on religion and now move forward from that,» the Congress general secretary said.
Questioned on the row over Congress leader Aiyar's remarks, Priyanka Gandhi asked why the issue is being discussed now when the statement is an old one.
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«I ask when was the statement made?… If it is an old statement, then why are we discussing it today? Secondly, I want to ask, where are elections taking place, in India or in
