Priyanka Gandhi Criticizes BJP’s ‘5 kg Ration’ Policy: ‘You Will Not Achieve Self-Reliance This Way’
Lok Sabha Elections 2024: Congress leader and star campaigner for the Lok Sabha Polls, Priyanka Gandhi, on Thursday claimed that the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) is making Indian residents dependent and not Atmanirbhar’ with their policies.
The Congress leader spoke at an election rally in Raebareli, Uttar Pradesh, where Rahul Gandhi competes in the general elections.
Priyanka Gandhi harped upon the BJP and prime minister Narendra Modi’s much-used terminology, ‘Atmanirbhar Bharat,’ and said that voters would choose employment over the “5kg ration” the BJP government promises them.
Priyanka Gandhi Vadra while addressing the public meeting said, “… 5 kg ration is not going to make the future. You will not become ‘Aatmanirbhar’ by this. If I ask you what will you choose between employment and a 5 kg ration, you will definitely choose employment. It will make you self-reliant. You need to understand that the political party, which is making policies where you will become dependent and not ‘Aatmanirbhar’, the ideology of such party is not right…”