03-05-2004, 06:41 AM
<b>PM must know festivals: Swaraj </b>
Hyderabad, March 4: Union Health and Family Welfare Minister Sushma Swaraj on Thursday gave a call to women to demonstrate the âMahila Shaktiâ by defeating the Sonia Gandhi-led Congress.
Addressing a public meeting Mahila Ranabheri at Nizam College grounds here, Sushma Swaraj came down heavily on Sonia Gandhiâs aspirations of becoming the Prime Minister of the country.
âWould you like to vote for a woman who doesnât even know our festivals. Sonia Gandhi does not know what Ugadi is, or for that matter what is Pongal. She doesnât even know what Onam is,â Swaraj said.
<b>She asked the a large gathering of women wether they would like to be ruled by a woman who did not know the importance of the river Ganga and pronounces Ganga as the Ganges. âThe Ganga is mother for us, for Sonia it is only Ganges.</b>
We will respect Sonia Gandhi as a daughter-in-law of the Gandhi family, as the wife of Rajiv Gandhi and we have no objection to her being the Congress president. But as a Prime Minister, Indians will never accept her,â she said at the Ranabheri.
Hyderabad, March 4: Union Health and Family Welfare Minister Sushma Swaraj on Thursday gave a call to women to demonstrate the âMahila Shaktiâ by defeating the Sonia Gandhi-led Congress.
Addressing a public meeting Mahila Ranabheri at Nizam College grounds here, Sushma Swaraj came down heavily on Sonia Gandhiâs aspirations of becoming the Prime Minister of the country.
âWould you like to vote for a woman who doesnât even know our festivals. Sonia Gandhi does not know what Ugadi is, or for that matter what is Pongal. She doesnât even know what Onam is,â Swaraj said.
<b>She asked the a large gathering of women wether they would like to be ruled by a woman who did not know the importance of the river Ganga and pronounces Ganga as the Ganges. âThe Ganga is mother for us, for Sonia it is only Ganges.</b>
We will respect Sonia Gandhi as a daughter-in-law of the Gandhi family, as the wife of Rajiv Gandhi and we have no objection to her being the Congress president. But as a Prime Minister, Indians will never accept her,â she said at the Ranabheri.