Protest fashion intensifies: BJP MP 'gifts' Priyanka '1984' bag; reminds nation of anti-Sikh riots

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Aparajita Sarangi on Friday gifted a bag with "1984" written on it in red to Congress MP Priyanka Gandhi Vadra.

This comes days after the Congress MP carried bags with messages on Palestine and Bangladesh written on it to Parliament.

Sarangi, the BJP MP from Bhubaneswar, gave the bag to Vadra in the corridor of Parliament. She handed the bag to the Congress while she was walking in Parliament corridor. Vadra took the bag from Sarangi and walked on.

The bag had "1984 riots" written on it, said the BJP leader, adding this is also an issue that the Congress leader should raise as she makes statements with her tote bags.

“The honorable MP is very fond of bags so I gifted her one. She was initially hesitant but then she accepted it," Sarangi told XX.

The numerics, emblazoned in the colour red, 'bled' in the bag's illustration. Sarangi, referring to the 1984 anti-Sikh riots, said that the present generation should learn everything about what the Congress has been up to in the last 50 years.

This comes as the Wayanad MP has been making headlines with her collection of tote bags that she has been carrying to the Parliament.

In a show of support, Priyanka had on Monday carried a bag to Parliament with the word "Palestine" and also Palestinian motifs, including a watermelon — seen as a symbol of Palestinian solidarity, etched on it.

The Congress MP was later on Tuesday seen carrying a cream-coloured handbag to Parliament on which it was written "Bangladesh Ke Hindu Aur Isaiyon Ke Saath Khade Ho" (stand with the Hindus and Christians of Bangladesh).

Other Congress leaders too were seen with 'Bangladesh' bags in the Parliament complex. The Congress has demanded that the Indian govt should urge Bangladesh government to ensure the safety of minorities there.

(With PTI inputs)