‘Daro Mat, Bhago Mat’: PM Modi Taunts As Rahul Gandhi Picks Rae Bareli Over Amethi For Lok Sabha Polls
In a public rally in West Bengal, PM Modi took a swipe at the Congress party for nominating Rahul Gandhi from Rae Bareli
New Delhi: In a public rally in West Bengal, PM Modi took a swipe at the Congress party for nominating Rahul Gandhi from Rae Bareli, a seat traditionally held by Sonia Gandhi, instead of Amethi, which he lost to Smriti Irani in 2019. Modi accused the Congress of avoiding a tough fight, stating that he had predicted their ‘biggest leader’ would not contest elections. Referring to Sonia Gandhi’s move to Rajasthan and subsequent Rajya Sabha nomination, Modi criticized the party’s leadership choices.
On Congress MP Rahul Gandhi’s candidature from Raebareli, PM Modi says, “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’…”
#WATCH | Bardhaman-Durgapur, West Bengal: On Congress MP Rahul Gandhi’s candidature from Raebareli, PM Modi says, “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… pic.twitter.com/xKNnGtpq6q
— ANI (@ANI) May 3, 2024
Rahul Gandhi will contest the Lok Sabha election from the Rae Bareli seat in Uttar Pradesh, the constituency held by his mother Sonia Gandhi for the last two decades. Meanwhile, Gandhi family’s close aide Kishori Lal Sharma has been fielded from the Amethi Lok Sabha seat, Congress announced on Friday.
The grand old party announced its decision just hours ahead of the deadline for last day of filing of nomination in the two Uttar Pradesh constituencies.
Sharma is scheduled to visit the Collectorate later in the day and file his nomination papers before District Election Officer Nisha Anant.
The BJP has fielded the sitting MP from the seat, Union Minister Smriti Irani, who had ended the three-term streak of Rahul Gandhi in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, defeating him by more than 55,000 votes.
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