Prime Minister Narendra Modi criticized Rahul Gandhi’s decision to contest the Lok Sabha seat in Rae Bareli, Uttar Pradesh, suggesting that Gandhi’s move was driven by concerns about potentially losing the Wayanad seat in Kerala.
PM Modi issued a challenge to the Member of Parliament from Wayanad, urging them to contest against the BJP in Amethi and not”run or be scared.” He made these remarks during a rally in West Bengal.
Following the Wayanad election, PM Modi reiterated his earlier assertion that Rahul Gandhi had sought a secure constituency.
“I had already said that the Shehzada was going to lose in Wayanad. I had said that as soon as the polling was completed in Wayanad, he would start looking for another seat… He is so scared of Amethi that he is running towards Rae Bareli. They ask everyone ‘daro mat‘. Today, I also ask them, ‘daro mat, bhago mat’… (don’t be scared, don’t run),” he stated.
“I had already said in the parliament that their (Congress) biggest leader will not dare to fight elections and she will run away. She ran away to Rajasthan and came to the Rajya Sabha,” he continued.
From 1981 until his passing in 1991, Rahul Gandhi’s father, the late Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi, served as Amethi’s Member of Parliament. In 1999, Sonia Gandhi served as the constituency’s representative in the Lok Sabha.
