Indian National Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, on Wednesday, attacked the Bharatiya Janata Party-led National Democratic Alliance government at the Centre, saying that if the country conducts fair elections without any tampering of electronic voting machines (EVMs), then the ruling alliance will not secure more than 180 seats.
The Congress leader questioned the basis of BJP’s claim of securing more than 400 seats. Talking to a news agency during her roadshow in Saharanpur, Priyanka said, “On what basis are they saying that they will get 400, are they astrologers? Either they have done something from before (polling) and they know that they will secure more than 400 seats, Otherwise, how can they say that they will get 400 seats?... If today in this country, the elections are conducted in such a way in which there... is no tampering of EVMs, then I can say with full confidence that they will not gain more than 180 seats; in fact, they will win less than 180 seats.”
Interestingly, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra’s brother Rahul Gandhi during a joint press conference with Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav claimed that the NDA would get just 150 seats.
Priyanka Gandhi Vadra also said that she viewed the election from the people’s point of view and stressed that the polls should be conducted based on the issues of the people.
“I am saying this everywhere to the people, that this election should be the election of the people. It should be conducted on the issues of the people,” she said.
Attacking Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP leaders, Priyanka alleged that the BJP is not talking about unemployment and inflation. “They are not talking about the issues of unemployment and inflation. They are not talking about the real issues faced by farmers and the women. All the conversations are happening only to divert the people’s mind,” she said.
Claiming that people want change, the Congress leader asserted that people have not seen any development in their lives for the past 10 years and PM Modi has got disconnected with the people.
“People want change. They don’t want this type of politics... In the past 10 years, there has not been any development in the life of any common man, or woman... They are not getting jobs; inflation is not coming down... It is the time of festivals. Today is Ram Navami. People don’t have money to buy anything... He (Modi) doesn’t talk about unemployment and inflation. I feel the people around him are not telling him about this... He is disconnected from people,” she said.
