Prime Minister Narendra Modi ripped into Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Saturday, saying that the Wayanad MP will be forced to look for another safe seat after the Lok Sabha elections in his Kerala constituency.
In an interview after the first phase of the Lok Sabha polls, Modi touched upon a range of issues including allegations against central agencies, BJP’s focus on southern states, and the country’s mood amid the election season. “Congress’s Yuvraj fled North and took refuge in South in Wayanad. After the Wayanad elections, Congress will announce another seat (for Rahul). Mark my words,” the Prime Minister told Asianet Newsable in an interview released on the date he addressed two public meetings in Bengaluru and Chikkaballapura.
In the last Lok Sabha elections in 2019, Rahul contested both Kerala’s Wayanad and UP’s Amethi. In that election, he lost Amethi, once considered a Congress bastion, to now Union Minister Smriti Irani. This year, while the Congress has announced that Gandhi will fight from Wayanad, the party has yet to zero in on its candidate for Amethi.
Addressing an election rally at Nanded in Maharashtra, PM Modi made similar remarks on Rahul, saying “The Congress’ sahabzade sees a problem in Wayanad.” He said, “He (Rahul) is waiting for the voting on April 26, after which he and his gang will look for a safe seat because after Amethi, he will have to leave Wayanad as well.” “Will any voter waste their vote for such people? They will instead vote for ‘Viksit Bharat’ (developed India). Congress has been a barrier in development of farmers, poor and women…Can’t trust the party will work for the country’s progress,” he said.
These remarks came as the Congress party in Wayanad faced a setback on Saturday as its District Congress Committee general secretary resigned from the party and joined the BJP. Addressing the media after joining the saffron party, P M Sudhakaran said present MP and Congress candidate for the Wayanad Lok Sabha seat, Rahul Gandhi, was inaccessible to even the district leaders of the party. “If he is inaccessible to me, imagine the situation of a common man. He was given five years. If we give another term, it will destroy the development prospects of Wayanad,” Sudhakaran said.
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