Priyanka Gandhi Vadra addressing a rally in Amethi
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Ravi Shankar Prasad today demanded an apology from Priyanka Gandhi for making personal remarks against
Narendra Modi, saying the comments showed her elitist attitude and bias against the poor. (
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He said that Priyanka's "neech rajniti" barb hurled against Mr Modi demonstrated her "elitist disdain" propelled by the realization that the Congress was going to lose the Lok Sabha election.
"It is not only regrettable, but she owes an apology to the nation. This is actually an insult of the poor and those who are backward. This is not low level politics, but the usage of such low words is casteist," he pointed out.
Priyanka had yesterday hit out at Mr Modi saying he had insulted her "martyred" father Rajiv Gandhi during his speech in
Amethi and accused the BJP's prime ministerial candidate of indulging in "low-level" politics.
Mr Prasad said that the legacy of the UPA's 10-year rule in India is "SCAM India".
"The legacy of the UPA's 10 year old regime is 'SCAM India'. There are two issues - one is development of India and another one is to stop Mr Modi - they don't have any other issue," he said.
Mr Prasad said that the Congress party was behaving like school children who are more interested in complaining than campaigning.