In a direct swipe at Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said that the way “Congress’ Shehzada ran away from Amethi” after 2019 in a similar manner he will have to run away from Wayanad after the Lok Sabha polls this year.
The Congress is yet to declare candidates for Rae Bareili and Amethi for upcoming Lok Sabha elections 2014. Rahul Gandhi lost family stronghold Amethi to Smriti Irani in 2019. Earlier this year, his mother Sonia Gandhi vacated the Rae Bareli seat and moved to the Rajya Sabha.
Addressing a public gathering in Nanded, Prime Minister said, “The crisis is visible for Congress’ Shehzada in Wayanad. Shehzada and his gang are waiting for April 26 when voting in Wayanad will be concluded. After the voting concludes in Wayanad, they will again announce a safe seat for him as their alliance partners are hurling abuse at each other. The way he ran away from Amethi, he will again run away from Wayanad.”
Modi said the information available for the first phase of Lok Sabha polls indicates that there has been a one-sided voting in favour of the National Democratic Alliance (NDA). In an apparent reference to Sonia Gandhi, he said some INDIA bloc leaders left the Lok Sabha and moved to the Rajya Sabha as they have no courage to contest elections.
“For the first time, the family will not vote for a Congress candidate in the constituency where they live as there is no party candidate there,” he said. Modi said he has spent 10 years fixing the bad governance of the Congress regimes. “A lot of work needs to be done,” he added.
The Congress has been a barrier in the development of farmers and poor people, he alleged. Targeting the INDIA bloc, he said it has no face to project and people do not know whom to entrust the country’s future.
“They may claim anything, but the reality is that Congress leaders have accepted defeat even before the announcement of polls,” he said. He termed the opposition alliance a grouping of selfish people who have come together to protect their corrupt practices.
