Senior Bharatiya Janata Party leader Arun Jaitley on Monday criticised Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, daughter of Congress president Sonia Gandhi, for “lowering the quality of political discourse” and warned her to fear the law.
Reacting to Ms. Vadra’s comment on Sunday that the BJP was running around like “panic-stricken rats,” Mr. Jaitley said: “Ms. Vadra has lowered the quality of political discourse by her comments. Language provides a facility where even sharp comments can be made in a dignified manner.”
He said while family members were always entitled to help candidates in elections and fill the vacuum either in the election office or in the campaign where the candidate cannot reach, they should be doubly conscious of what they speak.
Commenting on Ms. Vadra’s statement that she is not scared of anybody, Mr. Jaitley said: “The Vadras are right that they need not be scared of anyone. They should only be scared of the law. Be the Vadras ever so high, the law is above them. Law spares none.”
