"Misogynist BJP Government": On Vijay Diwas, Row Over Indira Gandhi
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Rahul Gandhi was similarly scathing; in Uttarakhand he said Indira Gandhi, his grandmother, "took 32 bullets for the country... but her name was not mentioned"
Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra has ripped into the "misogynist BJP government" after it seemed to skip any mention of former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi during today's Vijay Diwas celebrations - today marks the 50th anniversary of India's victory over Pakistan in 1971. ...@narendramodi ji, women don't believe your platitudes. Your patronising attitude is unacceptable. It's about time you started giving women their due. 2/2
Ms Gandhi Vadra's brother Rahul Gandhi was similarly scathing; at a campaign rally in Uttarakhand the Lok Sabha MP said Indira Gandhi, his grandmother, "took 32 bullets for the country (she was shot dead in 1984) but her name was not even mentioned at a government event".
Indira Gandhi was at the head of the Congress government in power during the 1971 war.
"Our first and only woman Prime Minister, Indira Gandhi, is being left out of the misogynist BJP government's Vijay Diwas celebrations. This, on the 50th anniversary of the day that she led India to victory and liberated Bangladesh..." Ms Gandhi Vadra tweeted.
