“Pappu ki Pappi” Priyanka Gandhi; Union minister heat controversial comment

Sikandrabad: On Sunday, two days after stoking controversy over his comments at a gathering in Bulandshahr, Union Minister of State Culture and Tourism Mahesh Sharma sparked another row calling Congress general secretary of eastern Uttar Pradesh "Pappu ki Pappi". Sharma also attacked West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and Karnataka Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy suggesting that they were regional leaders who had no say in other states, while PM Modi was a national leader.

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Sharma, who was addressing a gathering in Sikandrabad, said, "Agar Mamata Banerjee yahan aa karke Kathak kareaur K'taka CM geet gaye toh kaun sun raha hai? Pappu kehta hai ki PM banunga,ab toh Pappu ki Pappi bhi aa gayi.Inse upar uth kar dekhna hai toh aaj humara sher Modi hai (If Mamata Banerjee comes here and dances and Karnataka CM comes here and sings then who will listen to them? Pappu (Rahul Gandhi) says he wants to be PM and for that Pappu has got Pappi (Priyanka Gandhi) now but above them all is PM Modi)". 

Howver, on Friday, Sharma had said that “if God cannot fulfil needs, how can a Member of Parliament”. Sharma had blamed God for the lack of employment, education and other basic amenities. This has come when BJP is facing heat over lack of employment charge by the opposition. 

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Meanwhile, Priyanka Gandhi has launched a three-day long Ganga Yatra where she will take out a boat rally from Prayagraj to Varanasi. Priyanka has claimed that it'll help her to connect with the soil of the state.