Agra Jan 30 PTI Union minister Smriti Irani said the Congress party was missing before the elections and is also missing now as it has accepted defeat in the pollsThe Union Cabinet Minister for Women Child Development was in Agra for a door-to-door campaign for BJP candidatesShe took a dig at Congress leader Priyanka Gandhis Ladki hoon lad sakti hoon campaign while also indirectly attacking Rahul Gandhi Priyanka is indicating there is a boy at home who cannot fight She said the BJP government is coming to power again as people are supporting it The SP Congress BSP are furious due to the support of the people to the BJP The Congress party was missing before the election and also missing during the UP elections They have accepted the defeat she told reportersIrani said she has seen concern among people that some criminals sheltered by the SP have threatened people party workers and society in some constituencies She said that after the result of the election the BJP government will act strictly against criminals as the current government has done through its five-year ruleThe BJP government is committed to womens safety and would remain so in the future too And because of that the candidates of the party representatives and party workers are getting support and blessings from the sisters PTI COR TIR TIR TIR TIR

Lucknow Dec 25 PTI Congress workers on Saturday night staged a protest outside the camp office of Lucknow police chief over denial of the permission to hold a race as part of their leader Priyanka Gandhis Ladki hoon lad sakti hoon poll campaign The protesting Congress workers including some women were forced into a police van and whisked away from their protest site outside the Lucknow police commissioners office The five-km race was to begin at 8 am on Sunday starting from the city 1090 crossing and ending there itself UP Congress spokesperson Anshu Awasthi said The BJP government is scared of the women moving towards the Congress They denied us the permission due to their arrogance Awasthi told PTI Accusing the state government practising duplicity he added No Covid protocol or section 144 of the CrPC is applicable for Chief Minister Yogi Adityanaths programme but when it comes to the Congress all these rules become applicable Police Commissioner D K Thakur told PTI that the Congress had sought permission to organise a race but was denied due to pandemics So they protested They were told not to organise a race but hold an indoor programme for which permission will be given he said Congress national spokesperson Supriya Shrinate told reporters at the party headquarters that the BJP government is adopting double standards The stopping of the race under the Ladki hoon lad sakti hoon campaign shows the anti-women mindset of the BJP he alleged PTI NAV RAX RAX