Priyanka Gandhi invokes Lord Krishna to attack PM Narendra Modi

Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Tuesday invoked Lord Krishna in 'Brajbhoomi' (the land of Krishna) to target Prime Minister Narendra Modi and called him 'anti-farmer.

Calling the PM ''arrogant', Priyanka said that the sacred land of Krishna had broken the ego of many people and that it would do the same thing to Modi also.

''Just as Lord Krishna had deflated the ego of Indra (the god of rain), the prime minister's ego will also be broken by him (Krishna),'' Priyanka said while addressing a 'kisan mahapanchayat' in Mathura, about 400 kilometres from Lucknow.

According to the Hindu mythology, Lord Krishna lifted Govardhan Hill, situated in Mathura district, to save the residents from the fury of Indra who became angry with them and caused heavy rains.

She said that the people there celebrate Annakoot (a Hindu festival during which the devotees worship the Govardhan Hill and prepare a large variety of vegetarian food and offer it to Lord Krishna as a mark of gratitude) but the PM has been humiliating the 'annadatas' (farmers).

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The Congress leader went on to add that this government is bent upon selling everything the country has. ''Save the Govardhan Hill, otherwise, the government will sell it also,'' she said in a sarcastic vein.

She also said that PM Modi has failed to fulfil the promises he made to the people during the elections.

Priyanka recited a couplet from a poem written by famous Hindu poet Ramdhari Singh Dinkar to say that the arrogance would ruin the BJP. ''Jab naash manushya par chata hai, pahle vivek mar jata hai'' (Reason dies first when someone heads for destruction), she said.

Interestingly Priyanka began her speech with chants of 'Radhe-Radhe' (the consort of Lord Krishna) and also made the crowd chant 'Banke Bihari ki Jai' (Krishna). In the 'Brajbhumi', the Hindus greet each other by saying 'Radhe-Radhe'.

The Congress leader has been going from one temple to another in the past few days while addressing the meetings of farmers. She had also taken a dip at the holy 'Sangam' (the confluence of Ganga, Yamuna and the mythical Saraswati rivers) on the occasion of 'Mauni Amavasya' (a scared day on which millions take a dip in holy rivers across India) at Prayagraj.