Barara Bujurc (Rae Bareli): Priyanka Gandhi termed as "all political talks" the statement of senior BJP leader Jaswant Singh who claimed that L K Advani had opposed the decision to free terrorists during the Kandahar hijack.In a stepped-up attack on BJP's prime ministerial candidate L K Advani, Priyanka said "what does it matter. This thing (the release of terrorist) happened when he was the Home Minister. These are all political talks," Priyanka said when asked to comment on Singh's statement.
"Now he (Advani) will not even take the responsibility for it. He is now saying he was not ready to release the terrorist under pressure. What kind of leader he is who does not want to take responsibility," she said in Rae Bareli.
Asked whether Mayawati was ignoring the development of Amethi and Rae Bareli, Priyanka said, "I have not seen development wherever I have gone."
"What is the mistake that the innocent people (residents of Rae Bareli and Amethi) have committed to be deprived of development. Is it their fault that they leave in Rae Bareli and Amethi."
Priyanka addressed election rallies in different villages of the district and campaigned for her mother.
Addressing a rally in village Barsanakuti Chauraha, Priyanka said, "You have seen how much the state Government opposed when the factory was being opened but Soniaji struggled a lot and said she was ready to go to jail."
She added the Rail Coach factory at Rae Bareli will start soon and will give employment to at least 10,000 people.
Earlier, Congress dismissed senior BJP leader Jaswant Singh's claim that L K Advani had opposed the decision to free terrorists during the Kandahar hijack crisis as "suspicious in timing and completely opportunistic."
"Jaswant Singh's statement is suspicious in timing, completely opportunistic and self-serving, intended to cover up Advani's default and promote his prime ministerial ambition," Congress spokesperson Abhishek Singhvi said.
Noting that the statement has come 10 years too late, he said, "such self-serving statements in the middle of elections fool no one."
