'Never seen such cry baby leaders': Priyanka attacks PM Modi, Kejriwal at Delhi election rally

he Congress general secretary also criticised PM Modi for raising the issue of Sonia Gandhi's remarks about Murmu

Attacking Prime Minister Narendra Modi and AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal, Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra called them “cry babies”.

Addressing a public meeting in Seemapuri here, she said, “Modi Ji says that I'm not able to work because of Nehru Ji. Arvind Kejriwal says that I'm not able to work because of Modi Ji. I've never seen such cry baby leaders in my life.”

The Congress general secretary also criticised PM Modi for raising the issue of Sonia Gandhi's remarks about Murmu after the President's address to a joint sitting of both Houses of Parliament on Friday.

"Modi ji that day said about my mother that she had insulted the President. What kind of issue did they raise? One elderly woman is expressing her sympathy for another elderly woman, saying that 'bechari Rashtrapati ji thak gayi hongi ek ghante ka bhashan unko padhna pada (President would have been tired as she was made to read out an address for an hour). They attempted to make this an election issue, saying it is an insult. You are insulting the people of the country who are struggling due to inflation and unemployment, they are not getting pensions and safai karamcharis are troubled, and you are talking about these useless things," she said.

Priyanka  also urged the people to force leaders to talk about real issues. Soon after the President delivered her address, Congress leaders Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra were seen discussing the speech in the Parliament complex.

"The poor lady, the President, was getting very tired by the end... She could hardly speak, poor thing," Sonia Gandhi was purportedly heard saying in a video clip doing the rounds of social media.

PM Modi launched a scathing attack on the Congress, accusing its "shahi parivar" of insulting President Murmu, who hails from a tribal background, and demanding an apology.

Priyanka said her father Rajiv Gandhi used to go among the people and get scolded for work not being completed and asked if such a thing could be done with the current prime minister. "Try and scold PM Modi and you will be put in jail. I have seen in UP some 'mahila mitrs' were beaten up for demonstration,” she said.

Hitting out at Kejriwal, Priyanka said his politics emerged from the assertion that "I am honest and everyone is a thief". "Kejriwal came based on honesty but what happened? The liquor scam took place," she said.  "Modi ji said we are honest and these Congress people are thieves. What honesty has he shown in the last 10 years.”