Prime Minister Narendra Modi took a dig at Congress leader Rahul Gandhi’s decision to contest Lok Sabha polls from Raebareli instead of Amethi and said the latter is “scared”. The prime minister made the comments while campaigning in West Bengal for Lok Sabha polls on Friday.
Referring to Congress leader Sonia Gandhi’s election to Rajya Sabha, Modi said, “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. 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 Raebareli. They ask everyone 'Daro Mat'. Today, I also ask them, 'Daro Mat, Bhago Mat',” ANI reported.
The Congress party on Friday announced Rahul’s candidature from Raebareli. K.L. Sharma, a confidant of the Gandhi family is contesting from Amethi.
The prime minister also attacked the Trinamool Congress and said the party overlooked victims of Sandeshkali to “appease” its vote bank. “I want to ask TMC, in Sandeshkhali, our Dalit sisters were served huge injustice. The whole country was demanding action. The TMC saw shielding the culprit,” he charged. He added, “Was TMC shielding the culprit because his name was Shahjahan Sheikh? The TMC is busy with appeasement. Can a vote bank be above humanity?”
Modi also charged Congress wants to change Constitution, snatch Dalit and OBC quotas and provide reservation to its 'jihadi' vote bank.
-with inputs from agencies.
