On Sunday, Congress chief Priyanka Gandhi Vadra invoked Goddess Durga and urged the spectators to chant ‘Jai Mata Di‘ as she addressed a rally in Varanasi, one of many holiest cities of Hindus and the parliamentary constituency of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. “I am on fast and I will start my speech with the ‘stuti’ (prayer) of Maa,” she stated at the general public assembly held to specific solidarity with farmers in poll-bound Uttar Pradesh.

Priyanka Gandhi’s gesture is critical because the Congress has been projecting “Hinduism that is s inclusive and secular” as a counter to the Bharatiya Janata party’s  Hindutva, which the opposition social gathering has dubbed as a “political doctrine based on exclusion”.

The Congress genral secretary recited two shlokas in Sanskrit and urged the people to chant ‘Jai Mata Di’ together with her to which the viewers reciprocated. She additionally ended her speech with the salutation ‘Jai Mata Di’ and greeted the people on the pageant of Navratri when Goddess Durga is worshipped.

As the general public assembly commenced, Priyanka Gandhi, Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel and different Congress leaders current on the dais chanted ‘Har har Mahadev’. It was adopted by studying of excerpts from the holy Koran and the Gurbani. “The Congress under the leadership of Priyanka Gandhi will comprehensively defeat the demon power which has unleashed itself in various parts of the state,” UP Congress spokesperson Ashok Singh stated.

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