'Nothing done in 70 years rant' has expiry date: Priyanka

Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Tuesday said the reality is different from what the Uttar Pradesh government has been portraying and there is an expiry date to the "rant" that nothing was done in the past 70 years.

The Congress general secretary in charge of east Uttar Pradesh was responding to a question on the Adityanath government's "report card" on completion of two years in office, highlighting various achievements and welfare schemes.

"They (the BJP) need to come to the ground to see the reality. This report card and publicity look good, but the reality is different... all sections are feeling harassed," she said.

"There is a big difference between poll promises and fulfilling them. As far as the rant about (no development in) 70 years is concerned, it has an expiry date. You are in the government for the past five years, what have you done in five years?" she asked.

She was interacting with reporters at a guest house here in Bhadohi district, where she had a night halt during her three-day boat journey on the Ganga to meet people living on the river bank as part of her election campaign.

Addressing a press conference on the completion of two years in office, Adityanath had earlier said in Lucknow, "What Samajwadi Party, Bahujan Samaj Party and four generations of the Congress of Priyanka could not do, Modi has done and proved."
Asked about UP Deputy Chief Minister Dinesh Sharma's allegation that she and Congress president Rahul Gandhi come to the state only for a picnic during elections and disappear after that, she retorted, "Well, I haven't been to Italy in the past three-four years. I should, in fact, go to see my grandmother."