Just after an image of her carrying a handbag with Palestine written on it went viral, inviting criticism from the BJP and others, Congress MP Priyanka Gandhi Vadra issued her first statement and asked them to do something over the atrocities on Hindus in Bangladesh, talk to Bangladesh government, and not say stupid things.
“Tell them to do something over the atrocities on Hindus in Bangladesh, talk to Bangladesh government, and not say stupid things…”
Earlier in the day, Priyanka Gandhi in a show of support for the people of Palestine, carried a bag to Parliament that had “Palestine” emblazoned on it.
The Congress general secretary has been raising her voice against Israel’s actions in Gaza and expressing solidarity with Palestinians.
Gandhi was seen carrying a handbag emblazoned with the word “Palestine” and Palestinian emblems, including a watermelon — seen as a symbol of Palestinian solidarity.
Abed Elrazeg Abu Jazer, Charge d’affaires of the Palestine Embassy in New Delhi, had last week called on Gandhi to congratulate the Congress leader on her recent election victory from Kerala’s Wayanad.
In June, Gandhi slammed Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu over what she had said were the Israel government’s “genocidal actions” in Gaza, as she accused him and his government of “barbarism”.
The Congress general secretary’s remarks had come after Netanyahu defended Israel’s ongoing war in Gaza in a speech to the US Congress.
Gandhi had said it was no longer enough to speak up for the civilians, mothers, fathers, doctors, nurses, aid workers, journalists, teachers, writers, poets, senior citizens and the thousands of innocent children who were being wiped out day after day by the “horrific genocide” taking place in Gaza.
“It is the moral responsibility of every right-thinking individual, including all those Israeli citizens who do not believe in hatred and violence, and every government in the world to condemn the Israeli government’s genocidal actions and force them to stop,” she had said in a post on X. Their actions are unacceptable in a world that professes civility and morality, Gandhi had said.