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Lok Sabha elections 2024: Shifting gears via Rae Bareli
Updated On: 04 May, 2024 07:38 AM IST | Mumbai | Dharmendra Jore
Rahul Gandhi moves from Amethi to a safe seat, Prime Minister Modi mocks him
Rahul Gandhi performs a ‘puja’ after filing his nomination. Pic/PTI
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi’s shift from Amethi to Rae Bareli has supplied new ammunition for the BJP which has called him ‘bhagoda’. PM Narendra Modi launched the first salvo on Friday. “I had already told you that fearing defeat in Wayanad, the prince is looking for a safe seat. He had to run away from Amethi and select Rae Bareli. He tells people not to be frightened. Today, I too want to tell him… ‘daro mat (don’t be afraid), bhaago mat (don’t run)’,” the PM mocked Rahul in his election rally speech in West Bengal on Friday. BJP’s Smriti Irani, who is contesting from Amethi again, had defeated Rahul in 2019 following her loss against him in 2014. She has promised Rahul yet another defeat.
There are reasons for the Gandhis to retain Rae Bareli, a safe seat, because it has been a family bastion for long. Generations of the family have won from here. Outgoing MP Sonia Gandhi represented it for 20 years. Congress leaders said the win would be convincing in Rae Bareli, the segment Rahul will continue to represent instead of Kerala’s Wayanad (if he wins this, too). Polling in Wayanad has already been held.
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