shahzada will lose Wayanad and start looking for a second seat. His supporters were saying he would come to Amethi. But shahzada was so scared of Amethi that he fled to Rae Bareli.
These people tell everyone Daro mat. I tell them Arey daro mat, bhago mat (don’t be scared, don’t flee)," Prime Minister Narendra Modi said at an election rally, tongue in cheek, and added, “I had also said that their top leader will run away; she ran away, she left Uttar Pradesh and contested the elections from Rajasthan." The Congress party itself has given Modi the opportunity to poke fun at Sonia and Rahul Gandhi. Since late Thursday, there were indications that Rahul could be contesting from Rae Bareli and Kishori Lal Sharma, also known as K.
L. Sharma, from Amethi. Sharma is the secretary of the All India Congress Committee and has spent the past 30 years “working" in the Rae Bareli and Amethi constituencies on behalf of the “family".
For those who are unaware of his background, he is originally from Punjab, but as a permanent representative of the family, he maintains strong links with the workers of both parliamentary constituencies. According to the Congress, K. L.
Sharma is the most suitable candidate for Amethi and will defeat Smriti Irani. Is this possible? Nothing is impossible in a democracy. If Rajnarayan could defeat Indira Gandhi in 1977 and Smriti Irani could clean-bowl Rahul Gandhi in 2019, it is best not to say anything till the results are announced.
However, there is a significant contrast in the “face value" of Smriti Irani and K. L. Sharma.
Sharma works in the background, whereas Smriti is quite aggressive. This fight does not appear to be even at the moment. Why did the Gandhis abandon Amethi? Perhaps Congress leaders
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