BJP) on Friday slammed Congress leader Rahul Gandhi for ditching the Amethi seat to contest the Lok Sabha elections against Smriti Irani.
On Gandhi's candidature from Raebareli, BJP national spokesperson Jaiveer Shergill said, «Rahul Gandhi has forgotten his own slogan-'Daro Mat' and ran away from Amethi. Rahul Gandhi running from Amethi has proved to the entire nation that his slogan 'Daro Mat' is loaded with double standards, cowardice and hypocrisy.»
«Rahul Gandhi will be remembered as that General who left the battlefield, left his soldiers, and escaped from the very back door rather than leading from the front...Rahul Gandhi's escape from Amethi, Priyanka Gandhi's Vadra's decision not to contest the election shows that the entire Congress campaign is shivering, collapsing and shaking, and is all set to finish off at a very fast pace,» he added.
Furthermore, BJP national spokesperson Shehzad Poonawalla also called out Gandhi for rejecting the Amethi seat. He said, "'Daro mat kahate kahate Rahul Gandhi, Amethi se lado mat'. This has become the new slogan of the Congress party. Today, with this announcement, Congress has confirmed that not a single member of the First family can contest in what they used to call the pocket boroughs of Amethi."