New Delhi: As Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra held impressive back-to-back roadshows in Delhi, many residents said her face and mannerisms reminded them of her grandmother Indira Gandhi.
Neighbours Urmila and Munni in South Delhi’s Madangir area stood on a road divider and waved at Priyanka as her caravan passed through busy streets Wednesday.
“She’s a spitting image of Indira Gandhi. She looks just the same, same hairstyle, she reminds us of our Indiraji,” said an excited Urmila. They both said they had seen the former Prime Minister during rallies and felt Priyanka’s playing a larger role in the party has ‘revitalised’ the Congress.
“I had seen Indira Gandhi at a rally in Aligarh…Today, when BJP politicians attack Nehruji or other members of the Nehru-Gandhi family, our affection for the family only multiplies,” Munni asserted.
The roadshow in South Delhi Wednesday evening, held in support of her party’s candidate Vijender Singh, began around 7.00pm from Virat Cinema and culminated at 8.00pm at Tigri traffic intersection on Mehrauli-Badarpur Road spanning about three kilometres.
Congress supporters some dressed in party colours, other sporting t-shirts bearing image of the Olympian boxer and others waving party flags lined the entire route and chanted slogans like – “Boxer bhai zindabad, Priyanka Gandhi zindabad,” as the duo waved at the elated crowd that included people of all ages.
Among the crowd was former Congress councillor from Delhi Om Wati, 54, who also said, “Priyanka Gandhi reminds me a lot about Indira ji.
“I have seen Indira Gandhi several times and Priyanka waved and interacted the same way. Her looks, her mannerisms, way of talking to people, is just so uncannily similar to her grandmother. And her entering politics has lent fresh energy to the Congress. Our party will do well.”
Priyanka, wearing a maroon saree and perched atop a white SUV alongside Vijender, traversed through the dusty streets of South Delhi, including Indira Camp near Virat Cinema.
Along the route, she obliged a few supporters with a selfie and also greeted people who had stationed themselves in their home’s balconies to catch a glimpse of her.
Ayan, a class four student, who was standing at a road divider in Madangir area, when asked, whose roadshow was it, replied innocently, ‘Indira Gandhi’, much to people’s amusement. His friend, Shanker, standing beside him, smiled and corrected him, “She is Priyanka Gandhi.”