Nationalism means respect for people, don't see respect in anything BJP does: Priyanka

Amethi/Rae Bareli (UP): True nationalism is love for the people and the country which means respect and the BJP's narrative is devoid of it, says Congress general secretary Priyanka Vadra Gandhi, stepping up her attack on the saffron party for failing to address real issues.

In an exclusive interview to PTI, Priyanka Gandhi also said there is growing "public anger and pain" for which the people of India will give a message to Prime Minister Narendra Modi on May 23 when the votes for the Lok Sabha polls will be counted.

In an attack on Modi, she said if the voice of the people is drowned by the voice of one leader, there are going to be consequences.

"Nationalism means solving the problems of the people of the country. The greatest patriotism of any politician, of any government, would be to be able to hear the people when they speak, would be to be democratic, to be able to strengthen the institutions that strengthen the public voice, not weaken it," she said.