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A day after Congress president Sonia Gandhi asked the Rae Bareli district magistrate to use her Local Area Development fund to fight coronavirus spread, politics started to hot up in her parliamentary constituency as political opponents tried to raise the issue of her absence during this hour of emergency.
On Friday night, much to the chagrin of Congressmen, posters terming Sonia Gandhi as ‘missing’ from Rae Bareli found their way to the city walls. The posters titled ‘Chitthi na koi sandesh’, questioned the Congress president for not giving any financial aid to her constituency, despite being one of the richest MPs.
The posters further said, “Tumhara haath, nahin hamare saath/sabse badi bhool, tumko kiya kubool” (Your hand is not with us /accepting you was our biggest mistake).
Incidentally, the posters were put up within hours after Sonia Gandhi wrote to the district magistrate of Rae Bareli, asking the officer to draw out funds from her MPLAD fund for combating coronavirus in her constituency.
Surprisingly, those behind this poster war chose not to identify themselves and the posters also did not have the printer’s name, which is mandatory.
Congress Legislative Party leader in upper House, Deepak Singh, criticised the move. “When the opposition parties, especially the Congress, made it clear that this is the time to shun political differences and fight jointly to defeat coronavirus pandemic in the country, a few leaders are still playing dirty politics. These posters only indicate the mindset of the political rivals who are trying to cash in on the emergency situation to settle scores,” Singh asserted.
“Sonia Gandhi has always been connected to her constituency. Just a day ago, she pledged all her (MPLAD) funds for the fight against coronavirus crisis. People of Rae Bareli know the truth and will not be misled by this low level of politics. The Rae Bareli administration should take cognisance of the matter so that the faces of the perpetrators could be exposed,” the Congress MLC said.