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This is an archive article published on March 24, 2009

Priyanka hits back at BJP on Varun issue

Priyanka Gandhi said that religion is 'no one's personal asset' after the saffron party took exception to her reference to Bhagwad Gita.

Hitting back at the BJP for criticising her remarks on Varun Gandhi’s hate speech,Priyanka Gandhi said on Tuesday that religion is “no one’s personal asset” after the saffron party took exception to her reference to Bhagwad Gita.

“Who am I to teach anyone? But one thing I am sure of is that religion is no one’s personal asset,” she said,when asked to comment about comments by BJP leaders that Priyanka was no one to preach Hinduism.

“It’s not my place to preach. Religion is no one’s property. A person who is truthful and good is religious whether he is a Hindu,Muslim,Christian or Buddhist,” she told reporters in Rae Bareli.

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“I am confident that the people of this country are intelligent enough to understand because our culture is based on this. And if anyone will teach a lesson,it will be the people of our country,” Priyanka said.

She had criticised Varun for making hate speeches and asked him to read Gita properly on Monday.

Priyanka said the issue was not a family matter but a question of principles for which the Gandhi family stood for.

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