WATCH: Priyanka Gandhi insults former PM Lal Bahadur Shastri while garlanding his statue, Smriti Irani hits back

Congress General Secretary for Uttar Pradesh East Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Wednesday visited the ancestral home of former prime minister Lal Bahadur Shastri at Ramnagar. Priyanka Gandhi, who reached by road, garlanded the statute of Shastri Ji at his ancestral home, however, she removed the 'mala' that she was already wearing in her neck and offered it to the former Prime Minister.

Terming it as an insult to the former Prime Minister, Smriti Irani took to twitter and shared the video of the incident. She wrote:

"मुंडी झुकाइएके सर झटकाइएके, गुमान में बिटिया भूल गई मरजाद, आपन गले की उतरन, पहनाए दीहिन शास्त्री जी के अपमान पर ताली बजाएके, हाथ हिलाइएके, चल दीहलें कांग्रेस बिटिया तोहार".

(Keeping her head low, the daughter in her arrogance,  she crossed the limit. She removed the garland from her neck, offered it to the former PM Shastri Ji and insulted him. This is the daughter of Congress).  

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Following her lead, Uttar Pradesh Minister Siddharth Nath Singh also took to Twitter to condemn Priyanka Gandhi's act and wrote: 

"The Gandhi-Vadra family never respected Shastri Ji and watch this I am not only hurt but saddened to see their values. How will they run this country?" 

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Meanwhile, Mayawati-Akhilesh duo has shaken up the Congress party, first by excluding it from Uttar Pradesh alliance and then by rejecting Rahul Gandhi's offer to field SP-BSP candidates for 7 seats in the state. Now, a fresh attack has been mounted on Congress party's General Secretary for Uttar Pradesh East Priyanka Gandhi Vadra in reference to her '3-day long Ganga Yatra'. Samajwadi Party's top leader Ram Gopal Yadav has claimed that Priyanka Gandhi is "nervous" therefore she is on a temple run in Uttar Pradesh. 

"Priyanka Gandhi is nervous and therefore she is temple hopping due to her nervousness. People run to temple only when they are in trouble. In the state of Uttar Pradesh, Congress is in trouble", he said. 

The attack from SP comes a day after Congress party's General Secretary for Uttar Pradesh East Priyanka Gandhi offered prayers at the Bade Hanuman Temple and visited the Triveni Sangam on her three-day Ganga Yatra in the state.