Posters in Amethi question Priyanka\'s \'absence\'

Posters in Amethi question Priyanka's 'absence'

Press Trust of India  |  Amethi (UP) 

Ahead of Gandhi Vadra's visit to her Rahul Gandhi's constituency, a row broke out Wednesday over some posters questioning her absence from the family bastion.

"Kya khoob thagti ho, kyun paanch saal baad hi mein dikhti ho (Why do you fool us and show up in only after five years)," one poster said.

It said she should give an account for the past 60 years.

Another poster suggested that she wore saris just to influence voters.

Just hours after the posters appeared, Jaisingh -- the whose picture the posters carried -- complained to the district authorities, demanding an inquiry.

"This poster has been put up as an act of political vendetta by some mischievous elements misusing my picture, he said in a letter handed over to

The letter said neither he nor any was involved.

Singh is a member of the state-level working committee of the Samajwadi Chatra Sabha.

"This is a conspiracy to defame me and Gandhi, he said.

He argued that party workers would not oppose when has decided not to field any candidate from the constituency.

The opposition alliance in Uttar Pradesh, which includes and Bahujan Samaj Party, has decided not contest from the strongholds of Raebareli and

Priyanka Gandhi Wednesday began a three-day election tour of Amethi, Raebareli and Ayodhya.

Earlier this month, she had taken the river route to visit parts of eastern UP including Narendra Modi's constituency.

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First Published: Wed, March 27 2019. 17:40 IST