NEW DELHI: Taking a jibe at Congress‘s decision to field Priyanka Gandhi Vadra from Wayanad Lok Sabha seat, BJP on Tuesday said the opposition party may now consider her husband Robert Vadra for the upcoming Palakkad assembly bypoll.
In a post on X, BJP’s Kerala unit chief K Surendran said, “Rahul Gandhi claimed that Wayanad is his family. Now, he has decided the candidature of his own sister Priyanka Gandhi to the upcoming byelection in Wayanad.Hope Rahul will field his brother-in-law Robert Vadra in the Palakkad byelection. Now, the people clearly understand Rahul’s family sentiments. It’s once again proven beyond doubt that Congress is a tool for the so-called Nehru-Gandhi family to serve their family’s interest. Pathetic.”
Vadra said he was happy that Priyanka was going to contest from Wayanad.
Asked about him being in Parliament, Vadra said he could follow Priyanka at the right time. “They’re (BJP) worried, troubled. They’re huddling together to understand what next to do. Priyanka will be raising issues. She gave the slogan – ‘ladki hoon, lad sakti hoon’. She has been fighting for women for long. Voices of women will be raised. BJP should look at its history. They can’t talk about parivarvaad. People don’t want to hear them any more. We will fight them and ensure a secular govt,” Vadra said.
BJP spokesperson Shehzad Poonawala said, “It proves that Congress is not a party but a family company.”
Meanwhile, in a post on X, former Union minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar accused Congress of betraying the people of Wayanad and concealing its intentions.
“There is shamelessness and there is Congress type of shamelessness – imposing one member after another of their dynasty on voters of Wayanad, after shamelessly hiding the fact that Rahul was contesting from another constituency,” he said.
In a post on X, BJP’s Kerala unit chief K Surendran said, “Rahul Gandhi claimed that Wayanad is his family. Now, he has decided the candidature of his own sister Priyanka Gandhi to the upcoming byelection in Wayanad.Hope Rahul will field his brother-in-law Robert Vadra in the Palakkad byelection. Now, the people clearly understand Rahul’s family sentiments. It’s once again proven beyond doubt that Congress is a tool for the so-called Nehru-Gandhi family to serve their family’s interest. Pathetic.”
Vadra said he was happy that Priyanka was going to contest from Wayanad.
Asked about him being in Parliament, Vadra said he could follow Priyanka at the right time. “They’re (BJP) worried, troubled. They’re huddling together to understand what next to do. Priyanka will be raising issues. She gave the slogan – ‘ladki hoon, lad sakti hoon’. She has been fighting for women for long. Voices of women will be raised. BJP should look at its history. They can’t talk about parivarvaad. People don’t want to hear them any more. We will fight them and ensure a secular govt,” Vadra said.
BJP spokesperson Shehzad Poonawala said, “It proves that Congress is not a party but a family company.”
Meanwhile, in a post on X, former Union minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar accused Congress of betraying the people of Wayanad and concealing its intentions.
“There is shamelessness and there is Congress type of shamelessness – imposing one member after another of their dynasty on voters of Wayanad, after shamelessly hiding the fact that Rahul was contesting from another constituency,” he said.
