Varanasi: Priyanka Gandhi Vadra meets CAA, NRC protest victims

While interacting with people who were jailed during the protests last month and later released on bail and the kin of those killed in the clashes, she assured that the Congress will always support them and continue to oppose the 'black' CAA/NRC law.

"We will make all-out efforts to oppose this black law and stand by your side," she told the people during interaction at Panchaganga ghat.

The Congress leader further assured that all the cases against the people would be withdrawn once the party forms its government in the state in 2022. She reiterated that a Congress government at the Centre will withdraw these black laws as the party will always work for strengthening the ideology of the Constitution and this CAA/NRC is against the basics of the country.

"Till our government comes to power, our party will help those in the cases and in the courts against whom FIRs have been filed for opposing the CAA/NRC," she said.

Vadra also met the newly elected office-bearers of the Sampurnanand Sanskrit University (SSU) students' union. The NSUI candidates defeated the ABVP on all four seats during the student body election on Wednesday.

She asked the SSU student union members to continue their fight for the cause of the students.

The Congress leader met around 59 people who were sent to jail during the protests. She met the parents of a 17-month-old baby who were sent to jail and will also meet the kin of the eight-year-old boy killed in the violence.

Accompanied with senior party leaders, including UP Congress president Ajay Kumar Lalu, party's legislature party leader Aradhana Mishra, Rajiv Shukla, Rajesh Mishra, Ajay Rai and others, Vadra first worshiped at the Ravidas temple and then interacted with the people.

Later, before leaving for Varanasi airport, she also paid obeisance at Kashi Vishanath temple and had a glimpse of the Vishwanath dham corridor.