New Delhi. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Monday accused the country’s main opposition party of indulging in ‘nepotism politics’ after former Congress president Rahul Gandhi’s decision to retain the Rae Bareli seat and field Priyanka Gandhi Vadra for the by-election from Wayanad seat in Kerala.
BJP national spokesperson Shahzad Poonwala alleged, “After Rahul Gandhi’s decision to leave Wayanad seat and his sister’s decision to contest from there, it has become clear today that Congress is not a political party but a family company.” He said, “Mother (Sonia Gandhi) will be in the Rajya Sabha, son (Rahul Gandhi) will be in the Lok Sabha from one seat (Rae Bareli) and Priyanka will also be in the Lok Sabha from another (Wayanad) seat.
This is a symbol of nepotism.”This reaction of the BJP has come after the statement of Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge. Kharge said that Rahul will retain the Rae Bareli Lok Sabha seat in Uttar Pradesh and vacate the Wayanad seat in Kerala. He said his sister Priyanka Gandhi Vadra will contest from Wayanad.
The BJP spokesperson termed Rahul Gandhi’s decision to vacate the Wayanad seat as a “betrayal” of the people of the constituency and alleged that the decision makes it clear that the “political legacy” of the Gandhi family will remain with the son. “This shows who comes first between the son and the daughter,” he alleged.
Poonawala claimed that Gandhi decided not to leave the Rae Bareli seat because he knew that if he did so, the seat would go to the BJP in the by-election. He said Gandhi won the Rae Bareli seat due to the support of the Samajwadi Party.
