Priyanka Gandhi Vadra : New Innings Gets Off To An Impressive Start

Well the much awaited political debut of Priyanka Gandhi Vadra has begun . And viewers it has begun on an impressive note . Very much the way her Lok Sabha By- election win was from Wayanad by  a  record 4. 10 lakh votes. According to EC , Priyanka won by a margin of 4,10,931 with 6,22 338 votes. LDF’s Sathyan Mokeri was behind her with 2,11,407 votes and NDA’s Navya Haridas was in the third spot with 1,99,309 votes.

Her  win ensured  that three Gandhi’s  are now in Parliament –  Congress CPP leader and former party president Sonia Gandhi Rajya Sabha MP from Rajasthan  and brother Rahul Gandhi , Leader of The Opposition, Lok Sabha. Much to the angst of the  BJP and the  Godi media .

After her win there was curiosity  as to how she will  make her presence felt in parliament . And to begin her   new political avatar  as MP she  was among the lead speakers of the Congress during the Constitution debate . Here  she  made the points she had to make  in her  own  genial way. She did not look rattled or angry . And with  smile on her face took sharp jibes at the  BJP .

She lamented BJP’s obsession  with country’s first prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru and asked how many times would they still blame Nehru for all the  wrongs in the  country and  not caring of what’s happening at the present .

She hit back at Rajnath Singh for his repeated comments on Nehru  saying “What is your responsibility? Or does all the responsibility lie with Jawaharlal Nehru ji?” she asked in a swipe at the BJP over its repeated criticism of India’s first prime minister. “His name can be erased from the books, but his role in the Independence struggle and nation building can never be erased from this country,” the Congress general secretary said about her great grandfather.

She took on the Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s claim of fighting corruption by asking why not  discuss the Adani issue then  rather than avoiding it . Incidents in Sambhal and the alarming situation in Manipur  where Prime Minister Narendra Modi had not visited .

And not to be left behind took a dig at the  BJP’s washing machine adage.  “The nation knows that BJP has a washing machine. Anyone, who joins BJP, is given a clean chit. ”  And she further mentioned her erstwhile colleagues who who had joined BJP with this telling line –    People who go (BJP) get cleaned in the washing machine, I can see a few, they have been washed in washing machine …

Her speech in parliament earned kudos, four- time Lok Sabha MP and Senior Congress Leader Shashi Tharoor told media , she did not speak like a first-time MP and rightly pointed out to the government that it should talk about current times rather than harping on the past.

But Godi media viewers conveniently clearly  did not see or rather did not hear these line By Priyanka Gandhi Vadra instead latched on to Priyanka Gandhi’s comment on Himachal Pradesh’s apple  farmers.

If her 32 minute speech  was fiery . She  showed courage to  go to parliament with bags with Palestine and Bangladesh ( stood in protest with other Congress MP’s and raised the attacks on Hindus, Christians there )  written on it .

BJP as usual  backed by Godi media took jibe on her attire . But she remained unfazed and  gave them an aptly reply – “No one will decide what would I wear.”

Her courage won admirers too. Former close aide of late former Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee and L K Advani, Sudheendra Kulkrani wrote on X

Bravo, Priyanka Gandhi!

I have many differences with today’s Congress. But I salute her for her brave show of solidarity with the fraternal people of Palestine, victims of a barbaric genocide by Netanyahu’s Israel.

So viewers no matter how much  the nation’s sharpest opinion may oppose or Godi media tries to ignore , Priyanka Gandhi Vadra is here and will make her points heard . A new Innings has begun well .