New Delhi: Rejecting BJP's charge of 'poor show' by Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, Congress has said that Sonia Gandhi's daughter did more for the party than ever and managed the entire election campaign from Delhi.
"Priyanka played a bigger role than physical campaigning by managing and monitoring the election. Election management involves deployment of leaders, coordinating their movement and work across the state. This was done under her leadership in Delhi. She was deeply involved in UP elections," Ghulam Nabi Azad, the AICC general secretary in-charge of UP, was quoted as saying by The Times of India.
Azad stressed that she was more engaged this time than ever.
Azad also slammed Prime Minister Narendra Modi for allegedly trying to stoke communal polarisation with his "shamshan vs kabristan" remark.
However, the Hindus of Uttar Pradesh have rejected PM's attempt to divide people, he added.
Azad informed that he spoke to Hindus, especially those belonging to BJP, and they were all of the opinion that Modi's statement was uncalled for.
"A PM is custodian of all religions. He belongs to all, those who voted for him and those who did not. Whoever advised the PM to make this statement has done a great disservice to the country. The PM should not be put in a position where he is seen as belonging to one community," he added.
After a month of steering the seemingly contradictory alliance with one-time arch rival Samajwadi Party, Azad said the two partners managed a perfect coordination which "could not be better" and "was better than any alliance that Congress ran in other states".
Claiming that SP-Congress alliance will win UP polls, he said the reference point for BJP's performance could not be the 2014 Lok Sabha elections.
