Congress’ promise of 40% reservation for women is just empty words: Anila Singh, BJP
The BJP spokesperson was speaking to Kailashnath Adhikari, MD, Governance Now, during the webcast of the Visionary Talk series
BJP spokesperson Anila Singh has attacked Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra for promising 40 per cent reservation for women, saying she must hold her promise not only in Uttar Pradesh elections but also in the parliamentary elections.
Singh said the promises of Gandhi, who is the party in-charge in Uttar Pradesh, are empty words as Congress has no organization on the ground.
“As a woman, I appreciate and welcome what she (Priyanka Gandhi) has said. In fact, why just 40 per cent, Priyanka should bring 100 per cent reservation for women. But these are empty words. It is being said just for the heck of it as they have no holding in UP,” she said.
Singh was in a conversation with Kailashnath Adhikari, MD, Governance Now, during the webcast of the Visionary Talk series held by the public policy and governance analysis platform.
Singh also said that the performance of Congress in 2014, 2017, and 2019 elections are self-explanatory that the party has no organization on the ground.
“Congress can even promise a scooter or a car, but Priyanka must hold her promise not only for UP but even for other states as well as parliamentary elections.”
Singh added that the way former Punjab chief minister, Amarinder Singh was “shown the door” by Congress, indicates that there is internal wrestling going on in the party in Punjab and it is in disarray.
On being asked why despite the massive vaccination drive in India, there are reports of the death toll being still high, Singh said when people all over the world have praised the UP government for the speed with which 25 crore people have been vaccinated in the state, the opposition and certain sections of media have projected that crematoriums were full. This is a conspiracy.”
Responding to a question on the recent incidents of violence in Tripura and Amravati in Maharashtra and how social media can be regulated so that such incidents do not happen in future, she said it was clarified by Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Dev, deputy chief minister Jishnu Dev Verma, as well as the MHA that no mosque was demolished in Tripura. But in Maharashtra, a false narrative was spun that a mosque was burned and minorities were attacked.
“In the greed of power, Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray is watching everything quietly,” she said.
She asked why repercussions of Tripura are not being felt in Uttar Pradesh but in Maharashtra. This, she said, “shows that Uddhav Thackeray is a totally failed CM. He is not able to handle the situation. He is playing in the hands of Congress and NCP.”
