"Rahul Gandhi coming back here from Kerala out of fear": MP CM Mohan Yadav jibes at Congress leader on contesting from Raebareli

Budaun (Uttar Pradesh)/ Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh) [India], May 3 (ANI): Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Mohan Yadav on Friday took a potshot at Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on contesting from the legacy seat, Raebareli saying the latter is coming back here from Kerala out of fear.
CM Yadav made the remark while addressing a public meeting at Gunnaur in Uttar Pradesh's Budaun district.
"Rahul Gandhi fled from Amethi, Rae Bareli and stuck in Kerala (Wayanad). Now, he is coming back here from Kerala out of fear. But the parties which became friends (alliance) during this, none of those two parties (Congress and Samajwadi Party) have the courage to visit Lord Krishna in Mathura and Lord Ram in Ayodhya. So where will they get blessings from? Who will bless them," CM Yadav said.
They (Congress and Samajwadi Party) will come only to take votes, they do not believe in God. They are insulting such a large section of the society, he added.
The Congress party earlier today announced Rahul Gandhi's candidature from Raebareli ending all speculations about All India Congress Committee (AICC) General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra contesting from this seat.
Rahul Gandhi today filed his nomination from Raebareli, a stronghold of the Gandhi family, which was represented by his mother Sonia Gandhi in the outgoing Lok Sabha. Sonia Gandhi resigned as the sitting Raebareli MP earlier and was elected as a member of the Rajya Sabha from Rajasthan.
There was anticipation earlier that Priyanka Gandhi Vadra will contest from either Amethi or Raebareli, two seats in Uttar Pradesh which are prestige battles for the party.
Rahul Gandhi, who is MP from Wayanad in Kerala and is re-contesting from the seat, lost from Amethi in 2019 Lok Sabha polls to Union Minister Smriti Irani. Rahul Gandhi had won the seat, also a Gandhi family stronghold, three times in a row till 2019.
Congress has fielded KL Sharma, a loyalist of the Gandhi family, from Amethi against Smriti Irani.
Rahul is pitted against BJP candidate and three-time MLC Dinesh Pratap Singh in Raebareli.
Before Sonia, former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi had won Raebareli thrice. The constituency also elected Indira's husband and Congress leader Feroze Gandhi twice in 1952 and 1957. (ANI)