Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra shared a personal anecdote from her childhood to target the Prime Minister-led Central Government, saying that, unlike today, the Prime Minister was accessible back then and the people had freedom to criticise the leader in person.

While addressing a poll-bound rally in East Champaran’s Govindganj in Bihar on Thursday, the Congress General Secretary recalled a woman in Amethi scolding her father, former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi, for failing to install a water tap in her village. She said that the incident reflected the strength of India’s democracy at the time, where even the Prime Minister could be questioned by the people.

“When I was 10-12 years old, I saw a woman in Amethi scold my father. She said, ‘tum Rajiv Bhaiya toh ho hamare, Pradhan Man

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