National Conference leader Omar Abdullah Friday criticised Lok Sabha speaker Sumitra Mahajan for her remarks that Vadra took the political plunge as Congress chief Rahul Gandhi could not handle his responsibilities.
"Ma'am you are the Speaker of the Lok Sabha. Can you save the cheap shots for when you no longer occupy that high office," Omar tweeted.
The veteran Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader had Thursday said Vadra's entry into politics showed that Congress chief Rahul Gandhi could not handle politics alone and needed his sisters' help.
"Priyanka is a good woman. But her appointment also shows Rahul has understood that he cannot do politics alone, so he asked his sister Priyanka to help him," Mahajan had said in Indore.
Ending years of speculation, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra formally entered politics on Wednesday with the Congress appointing her general secretary for Uttar Pradesh East in a move reflecting the party's intent to go full throttle in the state ahead of the general elections.
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