New Delhi: After Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi used a poem while speaking to women on the bank of Mandakini river in Chitrakoot in Uttar Pradesh on Wednesday, the poet has accused her of using his poem without his authorisation and asked her to not use his literary property for her political purposes.
Taking to Twitter, Uttar Pradesh based poet Pushyamitra Upadhyay asked what expectations can public can have from a politician who steals even poems written by others.
He wrote, ‘I had written this poem for the women of the country not for your cheap politics. Neither I support your ideology not allow you for political use of my literary property. What the country will expect from those who steal even poetry?’
@priyankagandhi जी ये कविता मैंने देश की स्त्रियों के लिए लिखी थी न कि आपकी घटिया राजनीति के लिए। न तो मैं आपकी विचारधारा का समर्थन करता हूं और न आपको ये अनुमति देता हूं कि आप मेरी साहित्यिक संपत्ति का राजनैतिक उपयोग करें। कविता भी चोरी करने वालों से देश क्या उम्मीद रखेगा? https://t.co/pul4puX9Sr
— Pushyamitra upadhyay (@viYogiee) November 17, 2021
The video was shared by Uttar Pradesh Congress Committee President Ajay Kumar Lallu, where Priyanka Gandhi Vadra was seen reciting Upadhyay’s well-known poem ‘Suno Draupadi Sashtra Utha Lo’.
However, the video of the same recitation was later posted by ANI Hindi on Twitter, poet Pushyamitra Upadhyay again posted the same tweet responding to it.
@priyankagandhi जी ये कविता मैंने देश की स्त्रियों के लिए लिखी थी न कि आपकी घटिया राजनीति के लिए। न तो मैं आपकी विचारधारा का समर्थन करता हूं और न आपको ये अनुमति देता हूं कि आप मेरी साहित्यिक संपत्ति का राजनैतिक उपयोग करें। कविता भी चोरी कर लेने वालों से देश क्या उम्मीद रखेगा? https://t.co/EHFvgnUYc7
— Pushyamitra upadhyay (@viYogiee) November 17, 2021
According to the poet, the poem was written after getting deeply affected by the horrific Delhi gang-rape case on December 16 that year.
