Rs 5,000 Or 5 Leaves? Assam BJP Leader Blasts Priyanka Gandhi's Tea Leaves Photo

Priyanka Gandhi tea leaves photo slammed by Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Assam chief Ranjeet Dass as a "stunt" ahead of the state election. Criticising the Congress leader's attempt at plucking tea leaves in Assam on Tuesday, Dass said that pregnant women working at plantations will not vote on the basis of that but instead will opt for the financial schemes offered by BJP.

"In our tenure, pregnant women workers will get Rs 12,000 in their bank accounts and also they will get maternity leave for six months. So, will they look at Gandhi plucking tea leaves or look at Rs 12,000 while voting?" Dass said, speaking to ANI. On the government scheme of opening bank accounts, Dass further added, "Will they look at Rs 5,000 that they get in their bank accounts or they look at five leaves plucked by Priyanka Gandhi?"

Priyanka Gandhi Tea Leaves Photo Sparks Debate

Gandhi, who was visiting Assam in view of the 2021 Assam Legislative Assembly election that will commence later this month, had tweeted a photo of herself in the tea gardens among women leaf pluckers,

चाय बागान के श्रमिकों का जीवन सच्चाई एवं सादगी से भरा हुआ है एवं उनका श्रम देश के लिए बहुमूल्य है।

आज उनके संग बैठकर उनके कामकाज, घर परिवार का हालचाल जाना और उनके जीवन की कठिनाइयों को महसूस किया।

उनसे मिला प्रेम और ये आत्मीयता नहीं भूलूँगी pic.twitter.com/i99byrBtXn

चाय बागान के श्रमिकों का जीवन सच्चाई एवं सादगी से भरा हुआ है एवं उनका श्रम देश के लिए बहुमूल्य है।

आज उनके संग बैठकर उनके कामकाज, घर परिवार का हालचाल जाना और उनके जीवन की कठिनाइयों को महसूस किया।

उनसे मिला प्रेम और ये आत्मीयता नहीं भूलूँगी pic.twitter.com/i99byrBtXn

— Priyanka Gandhi Vadra (@priyankagandhi) March 2, 2021

Assam is currently a BJP-led state under CM Sarbananda Sonowal. The election will be held between March and April in three phases. Counting of votes will begin in May.