#BiharRally: Priyanka Gandhi says Congress is Fighting the Same Battle Mahatma Once Fought
At Bihar rallies, Priyanka Gandhi likened Congress’s struggle against BJP to Mahatma Gandhi’s fight against British rule.
Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra declared on November 8, 2025, that her party is fighting the same battle against the “Modi empire” that Mahatma Gandhi waged against British imperialism, as she campaigned in Bihar’s Muslim-dominated Seemanchal region ahead of the second-phase Assembly polls on November 11.
Addressing packed rallies in Kadwa (Katihar), Purnia, and Barari, Vadra accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of using undignified language like “katta” (country-made pistol) while simultaneously invoking the non-violent slogan ‘Vande Mataram’, and blamed the NDA government for Bihar’s chronic unemployment, collapsed small businesses due to demonetisation and flawed GST, and the privatisation of public assets to “two corporate friends”.
Vadra slammed the NDA’s pre-poll ₹10,000 cash handout to women as vote-buying, contrasting it with waived corporate loans while ordinary citizens struggle with lifelong debt for education and weddings. She highlighted Congress-era achievements like IITs, IIMs, and AIIMS, and accused the ruling coalition of deleting 65 lakh voters from Bihar’s electoral rolls—an act she branded “vote theft” with the complicity of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar and Election Commissioners Vivek Joshi and S. S. Sandhu. Warning that citizens would hold them accountable, she framed the Mahagathbandhan’s fight as a modern freedom struggle against authoritarian overreach.
The fiery speeches came as Congress MP Pramod Tiwari claimed the Opposition alliance had already secured 75-80 seats in the first phase held on November 6, predicting heavy NDA losses. With Bihar’s youth migrating for jobs and women bearing the brunt of economic distress, Vadra positioned the Congress-led coalition as the defender of democratic rights and inclusive development.
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As the high-stakes Bihar election reaches its climax, Priyanka Gandhi’s aggressive rhetoric and direct attacks on electoral integrity have sharpened the Mahagathbandhan’s narrative, setting the stage for a fiercely contested second phase that could reshape the state’s political landscape when results are declared on November 14.
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