Union Minister Anurag Thakur, on Friday hit out at Congress leader Rahul Gandhi for escaping the Amethi Lok Sabha seat and said that it is the fear of defeat that has made the Congress party take this step.
On a day the Congress picked Rahul Gandhi and KL Sharma as its candidates for Raebareli and Amethi, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath came out all guns blazing at the grand old party on Friday over a viral social media post by a former Pakistan minister heaping praise on the Wayanad MP.
"This time the ground has slipped in Wayanad too, so he (Rahul Gandhi) is preparing to run away from there and is looking for a ground in Raebareli. But the ground of Raebareli has already slipped. So wherever he comes from, this time Rahul Gandhi's defeat is certain," the BJP leader said
Following the announcement by the Congress to field Rahul Gandhi from Raebareli, Bharatiya Janata Party national spokesperson Shehzad Poonawalla on Friday said that Congress has nothing to show on the development front in the Amethi Lok Sabha seat and hence decided to run away and fieled
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.
After KL Sharma was fielded from the Amethi Lok Sabha seat, Congress workers expressed happiness over his candidature, saying that "there is no shortage of enthusiasm among party members."
After Congress on Friday announced its Lok Sabha candidates for Amethi in Uttar Pradesh, AICC general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra extended her wishes to Kishori Lal Sharma, the man believed to be behind the victory of the party's former president Sonia Gandhi from the pocket borough o
After the Congress ended weeks of suspense around its choice of candidates from Raebareli and Amethi Lok Sabha constituencies, naming Rahul Gandhi and KL Sharma as its picks from the traditional strongholds; the Wayanad MP, along with his mother Sonia Gandhi and several Congress heavyweig
Congress leader Kishori Lal Sharma thanked party national president Mallikarjun Kharge, former party chief, Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi for the opportunity to contest from the Gandhi family's "traditional seat" Amethi in Uttar Pradesh.
After Congress decided to field Rahul Gandhi from the Raebareli, Bharatiya Janata Party leader Amit Malviya on Friday said that it is not surprising that Wayanad MP has abandoned Amethi Lok Sabha seat, adding that it is an admission by Rahul Gandhi that he cannot win Amethi.
Revealing the reason behind his independent candidature from Shivamogga, Expelled Karnataka BJP leader KS Eshwarappa on Thursday accused a key figure in the Karnataka BJP and former Chief Minister of Karnataka, B. S. Yediyurappa of sidelining Hindu leaders in the state.
After Rahul Gandhi was fielded from the Raebareli Lok Sabha constituency, Congress leader Deepak Singh on Friday said that the relationship between the people of Amethi and the Gandhi family is strong and will always remain the same.