New Delhi: Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra tweeted about Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath being upset with the policewomen who took a selfie with Priyanka. Priyanka shared the photo on her twitter handle and said that Yogi government wants to take action against the policewomen.
“I am hearing that Yogi ji is so hurt with this picture that he wants to take action against these policewomen. If it is a crime to take pictures with me, then I should the one who is punished for it. It does not suit the government to spoil the career of these hardworking and loyal policewomen,” she tweeted in Hindi.
The selfie was captured on Wednesday when Priyanka was on her way to Uttar Pradesh’s Agra to meet the family of a man who died in police custody as she was stopped and taken into detention before being allowed to proceed.
Priyanka Gandhi was stopped at the Lucknow-Agra expressway by the police, she was later allowed to go after being detained.
The police said the Congress general secretary was stopped as the Agra district magistrate had requested not to allow any political personality to go there following the man’s death.
This was the second such standoff with the police for the Congress leader who had been detained earlier this month to stop her from visiting the families of farmers killed in the Lakhimpur Kheri violence.
The Congress claimed the UP government was trying to prevent her from talking to the family of an Arun Valmiki, who was accused of stealing тВ╣ 25 lakh.
After she was stopped Ms Gandhi Vadra tweeted, asking “what is the government so afraid of?”
“Arun Valmiki died in police custody. His family is seeking justice. I want to visit that family. What is the UP government afraid of? Why am I being stopped? Today is Lord Valmiki Jayanti… PM Modi spoke big on Buddha but this is attacking his message,” she tweeted in Hindi.
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