'Italy, Pakistan, Varanasi...': BJP leaders suggest poll alternatives as Congress fields Rahul Gandhi from Raebareli

From Italy

On Sunday, Rajasthan BJP MLA Swami Balmukundacharya said Rahul Gandhi should contention elections from from his "maternal home" successful Italy. "He indispensable sojourn his maternal location and contention the elections there. There is nary different enactment left. The concern of Congress and Rahul Gandhi is bad...," helium told quality bureau ANI.

Rahul's parent and Congress heavyweight Sonia Gandhi was calved successful a tiny colony adjacent Vicenza, Italy.

From Pakistan

Earlier, Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma claimed that Gandhi volition triumph successful Pakistan if elections are held determination but successful India, triumph volition beryllium of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

"Rahul Gandhi is precise fashionable successful Pakistan and if elections are held determination and helium contests those, helium volition triumph by a immense margin, determination is nary uncertainty astir it," Sarma said connected the sidelines of a rally successful Barpeta Lok Sabha constituency.

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"We assistance our hands successful surrender that we cannot lucifer Rahul Gandhi successful Pakistan and helium volition decidedly triumph there," the CM said, sarcastically.

Sarma's connection came aft a erstwhile curate in Imran Khan's cabinet successful Pakistan, Chaudhry Fawad Hussain, shared a video featuring Gandhi connected his societal media grip and praised him. "Rahul connected fire...," helium had captioned the video.

Former Congress person Pramod Krishnam also said that helium thinks "Rahul Gandhi should contention from Rawalpindi alternatively of Raebareli, arsenic his popularity and request are expanding successful Pakistan."

From Varanasi

Krishnam besides suggested that Rahul Gandhi could person contested against Prime Minister Narendra Modi from Varanasi if helium did not privation to contention from Amethi.

"We cognize however Rahul Gandhi migrated from Amethi. Any different person successful his place, who takes decisions aft cautiously weighing his credibility and acceptability, would person considered contesting straight against Prime Minister Narendra Modi from Varanasi if helium did not privation from Amethi," Acharya Krishnam told quality bureau ANI successful an interview.

Rahul Gandhi from Raebareli and Wayanad

The Congress fielded Rahul Gandhi from Raebareli and enactment loyalist KL Sharma from Amethi, keeping Priyanka Gandhi retired of the electoral contest. Rahul Gandhi had mislaid the Amethi spot to Union curate Smriti Irani successful the 2019 Lok Sabha polls.

In Raebareli, Rahul Gandhi is pitted against the BJP's Dinesh Pratap Singh.  This is the archetypal clip Gandhi is contesting polls from Raebareli – where, his parent Sonia Gandhi arsenic been an MP from.

Rahul presently represents Wayanad successful the Lok Sabha portion Smriti Irani is bidding for a caller word from Amethi. 

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Published: 05 May 2024, 05:44 PM IST