He had termed Priyanka Gandhi as “arrogant” for asking who Smriti Irani (actress-turned politician and BJP candidate from Amethi) was.
In a counter to the barbs that he practices ‘politics of anger', Modi had accused her father and former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi, her mother Sonia and brother Rahul for practicing the same.
Within hours, Priyanka hit out at Modi saying he had insulted his martyred father on Amethi's soil and accused the Gujarat chief minister of practicing ‘neech rajneeti'.
“He has insulted my martyred father on Amethi's soil. The people of Amethi will never forgive him for this. My booth level workers will give reply to this low level politics. There will be a reply from each and every booth of Amethi,” Priyanka had said.
In an election rally in support of Smriti Irani yesterday, Modi accused Congress of practicing politics of “arrogance” and said Rajiv Gandhi, when he was Congress General Secretary, had once publicly “abused” and “humiliated” the then Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister T Anjaiah at airport.
Anjaiah was the chief minister between 1980 and 1982.
