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| My husband is being humiliated, |
| My husband is being humiliated, says Priyanka Gandhi Vadra to Raebareli
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| INDIA
, 22-April-2014
4:10:36 AM |
| While campaigning in Uttar Pradesh today, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra has for the first time addressed the issue of the allegations of corruption against her husband, Robert Vadra.
"My family is humiliated, there are things that are said about my husband. The more they humiliate us, the stronger we become. I am saddened by the attacks, but I have learnt from Indira Gandhi that the truth becomes courage," she said, referencing her grandmother and former prime minister, to whom she bears a striking resemblance.
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"I tell my children that one day, truth will prevail," she said.
The opposition's allegations that Mr Vadra was given sweetheart land deals in Haryana have been an embarrassment for the Congress, which governs the state. The party is headed by Priyanka's mother, Sonia; its national campaign is being fronted by Rahul Gandhi, who is a year older and is grappling with forecasts of a dismal performance.
The BJP is expected to win the maximum seats in the national election under the leadership of its prime ministerial candidate, Narendra Modi, who in recent speeches, has dared the Gandhis to furnish an explanation for what he describes as Mr Vadra's sensational fortune, accrued in recent years. (Narendra Modi attacks Gandhi family over alleged land deals of Robert Vadra)
Priyanka, 42, is not running for parliament, but is managing the campaigns for her mother and brother in their constituencies in Uttar Pradesh.
In October, the Supreme Court rejected any investigation into Mr Vadra's land deals, saying that a person "can't be called a sinner merely because he is linked to a politician."
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