'Really bored me': Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on PM Modi's Lok Sabha speech

NEW DELHI: Wayanad MP Priyanka Gandhi Vadra reacted to PM Modi's over 110-minutes speech on the Constitution debate in Lok Sabha and said she got bored. Expressing disappointment, Vadra said that PM Modi did not "speak anything new or constructive" and it was like sitting through a "double period of mathematics" in school.

"The PM has not spoken one thing which is new. He has bored us. It took me to decades back. I felt like I am sitting in that double period of Mathematics," the Congress leader said.

"(JP) Nadda ji was also rubbing hands but as soon as Modi ji looked at him, he started acting as if he is listening attentively. Amit Shah also had his hand on head, (Piyush) Goyal ji was going off to sleep. It was a new experience for me. I had thought that the PM will say something new, something nice," she said.

Replying to a two-day debate in Lok Sabha on the 75th anniversary of the adoption of the Constitution, PM Modi took this opportunity to tear into the Congress family for repeatedly amending the Constitution and undermining its principles to serve their personal interests, electoral advantages and arrogance.

Reacting to PM Modi's 11 resolutions proposal before Parliament, including development for all and zero tolerance for corruption, Vadra called them "hollow."

"He spoke about 11 hollow promises. If he has zero tolerance towards corruption, he should at least hold a debate on Adani," she said.


Earlier on Friday, Priyanka made her maiden speech in the Lok Sabha and launched blistering attacks against the BJP. Aiming PM Modi, Vadra said that it seems like he does not understand that it is 'Bharat ka Samvidhan' not 'Sangh ka Vidhan'.

During her 32-minute speech, Priyanka Gandhi was combative yet restrained while discussing the opposition's primary concerns. She addressed several issues, including the BJP's purported efforts to modify the Constitution, "growing monopoly" of Adani group, violence against women, the unrest in Sambhal and Manipur, and the call for a nationwide caste census.

Congress leaders including Sonia Gandhi, Mallikarjun Kharge, Rahul Gandhi and others praised her speech.

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