Wayanad: Stepping up her attack against BJP, Congress leader and UDF candidate for the Wayanad Lok Sabha by-polls Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Monday accused the saffron party of "politicising" the landslides that struck this hill district in July, killing hundreds and displacing many residents.
Kicking off her second day of campaigning, she addressed a corner meeting at Kenichira in the Sulthan Bathery assembly constituency here.
"Even a disaster like that which caused immense pain to people was politicised by BJP. And this is where we start today. We stand in a place where you have to think about your country. You have to think about your own needs. And you have to think about what kind of politics you want, prevalent in the nation," Congress general secretary remarked.
Taking a dig at the saffron party, Priyanka said the BJP's politics "which is spreading across the country is a politics of hatred, of anger, of divisiveness and of destruction."
She said that the real issues facing people are not being discussed, and their problems are not being resolved.
She further claimed that unemployment is at an all-time high and prices are continually rising, with no indication of a halt.
"Politics is not focused on resolving this. The politics of BJP is only focused on distracting you from your problems. Because its only aim is remaining in power no matter what the cost is," she said.
Priyanka also accued the BJP-led Central government of not distributing the funds required to help those families affected in the massive landslides. Lashing out at the BJP-governed Centre, she stated, "In the last 10 years of PM Modi's rule, all we have seen is divisiveness, and hate and fear mongering."