'My mother's mangalsutra was sacrificed for India': Priyanka on PM's remark

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• Apr 24, 2024 | Guriya Khatun

"Meri maa ka 'mangalsutra' is desh ko kurbaan hua hai (My mother's mangalsutra was sacrificed for the country)... The truth is that these (BJP) people cannot understand the struggle of women," Priyanka added. 

Digital Desk: Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra slammed Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday for his remarks about "mangalsutra," citing the sacrifices made by women in her family for the country.

"It's been said for the last two days that Congress wants to take your gold and mangalsutra. The Congress has headed the nation for 55 of its 70 years of independence. Did anyone take your gold, Mangalsutra?, " said Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, speaking at a rally in Bengaluru.

"During the war, Indira Gandhi gave her gold to the country. Meri maa ka 'mangalsutra' is desh ko kurbaan hua hai (My mother's mangalsutra was sacrificed for the country)... The truth is that these (BJP) people cannot understand the struggle of women," she added. 

The general secretary of the Congress was referring to her father Rajiv Gandhi's 1991 assassination by radical Tamils from Sri Lanka. 

 Hindu women wear mangalsutras, a necklace that is considered as a physical indicator of a married lady, both during and after their wedding.

On April 21, PM Modi, during an election rally in Banswara, Rajasthan stated that the Congress planned to give people's hard-earned money and assets to "infiltrators" and "those who have more children". 

"This urban Naxal mindset, my mothers and sisters, they will not even leave your 'mangalsutra'. They can go to that level," PM Modi said.

"My moms and sisters, this urban Naxal mindset won't even leave your 'mangalsutra.'They can go to that level," PM Modi said. PM Modi declared.

"What else explains the bizarre claim that the Congress will seize the mangalsutra, streedhan and Temple properties, and redistribute them? Even the most die-hard supporter of the BJP will not believe these meaningless utterances. I wonder what the RSS leaders privately think of these statements," the former Union Minister said in a tweet.

The Election Commission has received a complaint from the Congress against PM Modi, claiming that the latter singled out a particular religious community during his Banswara rally speech.

Sources claim that the complaint against the prime minister has been received by the Election Commission and is under consideration.