Imran Masood pitches Priyanka Gandhi as PM face, her husband Robert Vadra agrees

Congress MP Imran Masood’s remarks projecting Priyanka Gandhi Vadra as a potential prime ministerial face appear to have triggered a new debate over the grand old party’s leadership future.

Speaking to a news agency on Tuesday, Masood said that had Priyanka Gandhi been the Prime Minister of India, she would have retaliated strongly like her grandmother, Indira Gandhi.

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Referring to Priyanka Gandhi’s remarks on violence against Hindus in Bangladesh, Masood said, “Is Priyanka Gandhi the prime minister? Make her the prime minister and see how she will retaliate like Indira Gandhi. She is Priyanka Gandhi.”

He further added, “She has Gandhi added behind her name. She is the granddaughter of Indira Gandhi, who inflicted so much damage on Pakistan that those wounds still haven’t healed. Make her the prime minister and see how she will retaliate. You won’t dare to do that.”

Condemning the brutal murder of a Hindu worker in Bangladesh, Priyanka had demanded that the Narendra Modi government strongly raise the issue of violence against Hindus and other minority communities in Bangladesh.

After Masood floated the idea of Priyanka Gandhi being the face of the Congress party instead of her brother Rahul Gandhi, her husband, Robert Vadra, backed it.

“There are demands from everywhere that Priyanka should come forward,” Vadra was quoted as saying by a news agency.

He also expressed his long-held desire to enter politics, claiming, “There are also demands that I should enter politics.”

But right now, he added, “We should focus on the real issues that concern the people.”