Summary:
Kanpur, Feb 16 (PTI) Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Wednesday said her family members have died serving the nation but they were being ridiculed by the BJP every day.
The Congress general secretary and UP in-charge lashed out at the ruling BJP while addressing an election rally in Kanpur"s Govind Nagar, where assembly polls are scheduled on February 20.
Priyanka"s father Rajiv Gandhi and grandmother Indira Gandhi, both former prime ministers of the country, were assassinated while in office.
Indira Gandhi died in 1984 while Rajiv Gandhi was killed in a suicide bombing in 1991.
“Members of my family have laid down their lives for this country and we never mention this or highlight this point.
But today we need to say this.