Morena: My father, former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi had not inherited wealth but martyrdom from his mother, said AICC General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Thursday.

Priyanka at a rally in Morena in Madhya Pradesh said that hen Modi-ji stands on the dais and calls my father a traitor, when he says he changed a law to take his inheritance from his mother.  He would not understand that my father did not get any wealth by way inheritance, he only got the thoughts of martyrdom, she added.

She said that Rajiv Gandhi abolished inheritance tax after he came into power, that the wealth he inherited from his mother would not be taxed. She recollected her father’s memories and said that at the age of 19, when I brought home the mangled remains of my father, I was upset with this country. I thought, I had sent my father. It was your job to ensure his safety. I placed him in your care, but you returned me his remains wrapped in the national flag.

I had misgivings. I know what the meaning of martyrdom is. Today I am 52 and this is the first time I’m talking about it in public, she said. Priyanka in her address said that when I visited the houses of 40 soldiers died in Pulwama in 2019 in Uttar Pradesh. There, the children of the martyrs told her that they want to join the army. There was one girl whose brother was in the Air force. She said didi I want to join the air force and become a pilot, she added.

She criticized that this is the feeling of martyrdom. Modi-ji will never understand this. Modi-ji says whatever he likes about a martyr like Indira-ji. He only sees dynastic politics; he never sees patriotism, service to the nation. He would never understand this, she added.