AMIT Shah Taunts Rahul Gandhi for contesting LS Poll from 2 States Saying He is sensing defeat In Amethi, His Traditional Seat
BJP’’s National President Amit Shah Sunday laughed at Congress president Rahul Gandhi for contesting from Kerala’s Wayanad Lok Sabha constituency besides Amethi , saying he has “fled” to Kerala fearing that Amethi voters will seek an account of work done by him and his party over the years. He was addressing his first election meeting at Bijnor in western UP which goes to poll in the first phase of polling on April 11. The saffron party had won all eight Lok Sabha seats in the region in the 2014 Lok Sabha elections. “Rahul Gandhi has fled to Kerala as he fears that the voters in Amethi will seek his report card. Incidentally, Union Textiles Minister Smriti Irani, TV actress –producer turned politician, is pitted against him by the BJP .She was able to reduce Rahul Gandhi’s victory margin. Then AICC Vice-President Rahul Gandhi defeated his nearest rival BJP’s Smriti Irani by 1.07 lakh votes. Gandhi had won the seat in 2009 with a margin of over 3.70 lakh votes.