"Today, It's A Time Of Struggle For My Family," Says Priyanka Gandhi
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Pointing to her brother and Congress leader Rahul Gandhi being disqualified from Parliament in what she described as a "false case similar to what had happened to Indira Gandhi".
Trying to strike an emotional chord with people of Chikkamagaluru district by recalling the association with people of the region, Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Wednesday said it was now a time of struggle for the family, similar to what her grandmother and former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi was going through when she came before them nearly 45 years ago.
Pointing to her brother and Congress leader Rahul Gandhi being disqualified from Parliament in what she described as a "false case similar to what had happened to Indira Gandhi", she expressed confidence about emerging victorious with the blessings of god and the people as they were fighting for truth.
"I'm coming after offering prayers to Sharada devi (Goddess Sharadamba in Sringeri). There I met Shankaracharya (the present pontiff). He asked me whether Indira Gandhi contested from here or not? I said yes she had contested from Chikkamagaluru. He blessed me. I sought blessings for my brother, he gave the blessings," Ms Gandhi said after visiting the temple at Sringeri.
Addressing a public meeting organised by the Congress ahead of May 10 Assembly polls in Karnataka, she said: "He (seer) told me that my father (late Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi) too had come here, Indira ji too had come here and when Indira ji had come here, it was a time of struggle for her."
