Bengaluru: AICC General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra said that her mother sacrificed her mangalsutra for the sake of country and her grandmother Indira Gandhi donated her gold during the war.

Speaking at a public meeting in Bengaluru on Tuesday she countered the speech of PM Modi’s remark of mangalsutras. PM Modi in a public meeting in Rajasthan said that Congress robbing people of their wealth to give to infiltrators. She questioned that if such a thing has ever happened in the 50-year rule of the party. As for mangalsutras, her mother’s was sacrificed for the country and her grandmother’s gold was donated during the war, she pointed out.

PM Modi says the Congress wants to take away your gold, your mangalsutra. The country has been independent for 70 years. The Congress ruled for 55 years. Has anyone robbed you of your gold or your mangalsutra, she questioned.  When the war was on, Indira Gandhi gave her gold to the country. My mother’s mangalsutra was sacrificed for this country, she said.

Modi says they will cross 400 seats and change the constitution… sometimes he says he is being abused, or talks about religion. You are among the most qualified cities in the world, do you deserve this, she questioned.

PM Modi’s comment that the Congress is planning to redistribute the country’s wealth in favour of infiltrators generated a huge political row, which has reached the ECI.

Congress manifesto promises that if they come to power, everyone’s property will be surveyed, it will calculate gold belonging to mothers and sisters and then redistribute it, PM Modi said in a rally at Rajasthan. They won’t even spare your mangalsutra, he added.

If Modi ji had understood the importance of mangalsutra, he would not have said such things. When demonetization happened, he took away the savings of women, she said.