New Delhi: Lok Sabha constituency of her mother and UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi has sparked a verbal spat between the Congress and the Bharatiya Janata Party with posters accusing Priyanka Gandhi Vadra of being “missing” and terming her an “emotional blackmailer” have been seen in some areas of Rae Bareli in Uttar Pradesh.

The headline of the posters read “Madam Priyanka Vadra is missing,” with “emotional blackmailer” written below her picture.

Saying they were waiting for a glimpse of her, the posters cited her absence after the rail accident in Harchandpur and the tragedies at NTPC plant in Unchahar and Rowlpur in the constituency as well as in festivals.

The Congress blamed the BJP for indulging in the poster campaign with reports of 50 to 100 posters posted in the Sadar and Sareni assembly areas. Ahead of the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, the BJP has been making serious efforts to foray into Sonia Gandhi’s constituency, which along with Amethi, held by her son and party chief Rahul Gandhi, is considered to be a Congress bastion.

“We condemn this act. Some people travelling in luxury vehicles threw or pasted the posters at some places in Rae Bareli Sunday night. We understand this has been done by some local leaders, who recently switched loyalties from the Congress to BJP. We will report this issue to the district administration as the posters do not carry the name of any printing press or any organisation,” said district Congress committee president VK Shukla.

Though Priyanka has not visited Rae Bareli for more than a year, Congress leaders, however, say she has been meeting its people regularly in New Delhi.