Smriti Irani took a jibe at the Congress party for not fielding Rahul Gandhi from Amethi. (File image/X)
The Congress party on Friday announced its candidate list for two Lok Sabha constituencies in Uttar Pradesh, electing Rahul Gandhi from Rabareli and Kishori Lal Shah from Amisi horse.
When the Congress on Friday announced KL Sharma, and not anyone from the Gandhi family, as its Amethi Lok Sabha candidate, Smriti Irani got a weapon to fight back.Take a page out of Prime Minister Modi’s taunts Rahul Gandhi“daro mat, bhaago mat (don’t be afraid, don’t run away)”, Smriti, who said “daro mat, bhaago mat (don’t be afraid, don’t run away)” while campaigning in Amethi’s Sangrampur district, told News18, “He (Rahul) is against the Wayanad people. He has not Tell them that he will contest from the second seat too. Anyone with any sense will not miss the fact that Rahul Gandhi has a lot to be ashamed of today. This is his second run. , he left Wayanad not out of fun but out of compulsion so I can understand the shame that Congress leaders and lackeys would feel today after all he was touted as invincible and had to evacuate twice. The signs are telling. More importantly, his hypocrisy and lack of transparency have been laid bare today.
Many in the Congress over the past few days have claimed that Rahul Gandhi will win from Amishi this time. The workers had been waiting, very sure that he would take on Smriti. But they had to go home disappointed. “They’ve left. They could have chosen to fight, but didn’t. Don’t think he ran away knowing he would win.
The battle would surely have been fiercer had one of the Gandhi family taken on Smriti. The Congress tried to downplay the incident, saying it had made its stand known to the BJP leaders. But she retorted: “In fact, in 2019 he lost. In 2024, he ran away.” But I had to go to every corner and do a lot of work.
Smriti failed in 2014 but decided to stay and won in 2019. They fought hard and won. “I am a humble worker of the BJP and I have learned to follow the Prime Minister and the Home Minister and I follow their ways,” she said.
Rahul misses Amethi and the battle lines open up. While Smriti told News18 she was used to the sarcasm, she highlighted how Rahul Gandhi being labeled a “missing and out-of-control Neta” could puncture his reputation as a man taking on the powers-that-be. The image of a tough fighter.
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