BJP’s Amit Malviya Takes ‘Dar Gaya’ Jibe at Rahul Gandhi Over Amethi Exclusion in Congress’ First Listing

BJP chief Amit Malviya on Friday sarcastically requested if Rahul Gandhi was “scared” after the Congress social gathering didn’t embody the anticipated Amethi seat of their first checklist of candidates for the upcoming Lok Sabha polls.

“Rahul Gandhi gained’t contest from Amethi? डर गया?,” wrote Amit Malviya, the top of BJP’s IT cell, in his social media publish on X.

Malviya’s feedback coincided with the Congress’s launch of the primary checklist of 39 candidates on Friday, which notably overlooked candidates for Uttar Pradesh. The Congress checklist didn’t embody names for Rae Bareli or Amethi. Rahul Gandhi, who served because the consultant of Amethi in Parliament from 2002 till 2019, confronted defeat within the 2019 election towards BJP’s Smriti Irani.

In one other publish, Malviya questioned the management over the Congress candidate checklist, questioning if Mamata Banerjee was influencing it. He additionally identified the ‘insecurity’ forward of the massive election.

“Who’s controlling the checklist of Congress candidates? Mamata Banerjee? Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, who gained Baharampur, in each 2014 and 2019, not named within the first checklist. He was the Chief of Opposition in LS! The Congress first checklist reveals insecurity earlier than the massive election…,” Malviya wrote.

Malviya criticised the nomination of DK Suresh, the brother of Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivkumar, by the Congress for Bangalore Rural. Malviya identified that Suresh had advocated for a ‘separate’ South India.

“DK Suresh, brother of Karnataka DCM DK Shivkumar, who known as for a ‘separate’ South India, has been given a ticket, once more, from Bengaluru Rural. India’s balkanisation is Congress’s unfinished agenda. Watch out for them,” he said.

On Friday, the Congress social gathering introduced the primary checklist of 39 candidates, together with Rahul Gandhi, who will contest from Wayanad. The checklist additionally options former Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel, AICC normal secretary KC Venugopal, and Thiruvananthapuram MP Shashi Tharoor.

“The Congress Election Committee met yesterday and chosen 39 candidates in its first checklist of (Lok Sabha) candidates. The checklist consists of names of Rahul Gandhi and Bhupesh Baghel,” Venugopal mentioned throughout a press convention. Of the 39 candidates, 15 are from the final class and 24 are from ST/SC/OBC and minority backgrounds.