'Priyanka would have lost in Varanasi as she drinks too much alcohol,' says Subramanian Swamy

New Delhi: Known bête noire of Gandhi family, renowned economist and politician from Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP, Subramanian Swamy has taken on Priyanka Gandhi this time saying "she would have been thrashed if she had contested parliamentary elections from Varanasi against Narendra Modi, as she drinks too much alcohol and has a bad name." He was putting his point on the reports about Priyanka Gandhi showing willingness to contest from Varanasi Lok Sabha constituency. “They saved her. She would have got a thrashing. She is very unpopular, she drinks too much alcohol and she has a bad name, her husband has a bad name,” Swamy is quoted as saying on the website The Free Press Journal. Swamy, who was a dear friend to the former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi at one point in time. is recognized to have become a huge critic of the Gandhi family after he passed away.