Summary:
Shimla, Sep 20 (PTI) Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra do not devote enough time and importance to the Congress party and its leaders, president of the party"s Himachal Pradesh unit Pratibha Singh has said, according to a video posted online.
"I feel there is a little generation gap.
What our seniors used to do, now the youngsters don"t do that.
What Sonia-ji, Indira-ji or Rajiv-ji used to do, today"s generation don"t do that," Singh told ThePrint in an interview in Hindi and English.
However, the Congress leader later claimed that she was misquoted and urged the website to take down the interview.
"An interview published by @ThePrintIndia wrongly quotes my statements.
I never made any statement disparaging the Congress leadership and the Gandhi family.
The interviewer has taken creative liberties with my statements, misquoted throughout the interview," Singh said in a tweet.
The Mandi MP also said in a video message later that Rahul and Priyanka Gandhi are like her children and whatever advice she gave them should not be misunderstood.
In the video, Singh can be heard saying, "I am sorry to say whether it is Rahul-ji or Priyanka-ji, they don"t devote as much time (to the party), and so people feel disappointed.
And (they also) don"t give as much importance (to the party leaders)." "Many people who have left the party.