'Yogi's remark anti-Dalit': Priyanka Gandhi sweeps Valmiki temple floor. Watch

Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra headed to a Dalit-dominated area of Lucknow and swept the floor at the locality’s Valmiki temple.

This comes after the Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath’s barb over Priyanka sweeping the floor at a makeshift detention centre in Sitapur where she lodged earlier this week.

Adityanath said ‘people want to make her fit for such work and they have made her fit to do so’.

Issuing a statement, Priyanka pointed out that millions of women and Dalits do ‘sweeping & mopping’ every day. She claimed ‘Yogi Adityanath’s comments are anti-Dalit’ and stressed that ‘no work is menial’.

Her dart, aimed at Yogi Adityanath, was triggered by his swipe at her during his interview to a news channel.

Priyanka Gandhi also said she went to clean the floor to tell the chief minister that this was the work of self-respect and symbolised simplicity, adding that he should change his mindset.