New Delhi: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP prime ministerial candidate and Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi’s office in Gandhinagar, Gujarat, on Friday sought to set the record straight on his reported comment that Priyanka Gandhi Vadra was “like his daughter”, by releasing an unedited version of his interview with Doordarshan.
Contrary to claims that he had referred to
Priyanka as being “like his daughter” during the interview, the video released
by Modi’s office shows him praising her for going all out to ensure the victory
of her brother (Rahul Gandhi) and mother (Sonia Gandhi).The full tape of Modi’s
interview has been released to make it clear that he never said something which
was mentioned in the media yesterday.When asked about the Priyanka challenge,
Modi had said in the interview: “I don’t take these things seriously. Any
sister will do anything to ensure her brother’s victory. A daughter will do
anything for her mother’s victory.I agree with that, a daughter is a daughter.
If she doesn’t do it for her own mother, whom will she do it for? If she
doesn’t do it for her brother, whom will she do it for? I will never take
offence of anything she says as a daughter? It is her right that she works hard
for her mother.”
Narender Modi has also referred to Ahmed Patel,
the political secretary of Sonia Gandhi, as a “good friend” in the unedited
version of the interview.
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