India’s Constitution not rule of the Sangh: Priyanka in maiden Lok Sabha speech
Hindustan TimesNEW DELHI: India’s Constitution is not the rule of the Sangh, Wayand MP Priyanka Gandhi Vadra said in her maiden speech in the Lok Sabha on Friday, mounting a sharp attack on the Bharatiya Janata Party, and declared that the country has never remained in the “hands of cowards” for a long time. Congress MP Priyanka Gandhi Vadra speaks in the Lok Sabha during the Winter Session of Parliament on Friday She said the BJP has learnt the hard way in the 2024 Lok Sabha election that the Constitution can’t be changed and reiterated her party’s allegations of collusion between the government and the Adani Group, saying “India believes that the Union government only works for Adani”. The PM doesn’t even sweat over Sambhal and Manipur.” As the first Opposition member to speak on the debate to mark 75th year of the adoption of the Constitution, Priyanka hailed the Constitution as the armour of justice, aspirations, expression and hope for the common people and said it provides courage to our people. “But his contribution can never be erased,” she said, listing the public sector undertakings and public institutes for education established by Nehru, the country’s first prime minister.