By-polls announced on 6 Assembly & 1 Lok Sabha seat of Bengal on Nov 13
Union Minister and Bharatiya Janata Party MP Smriti Irani on Friday slammed the Congress's position in Kerala, taking a swipe at senior party leader Rahul Gandhi, who is contesting from the Wayanad constituency.
Smriti Irani attacked the Congress for being challenged by its INDIA bloc partner CPI in Kerala, with the party's star candidate contesting against Rahul Gandhi. The Communist Party fielded its general secretary Annie Raja From the Wayanad constituency in Kerala against Rahul Gandhi.
The BJP has fielded its Kerala chief K Surendran from Wayanad, making it a three-way battle. Taking a swipe at the Congress, Smriti Irani said during a Karnataka rally, “The condition of the Opposition is that they are fighting in Wayanad. Left parties are saying that why doesn't Rahul Gandhi go to Uttar Pradesh and contest. But when the same Left goes to Delhi for an INDI Alliance meeting, they hug Rahul Gandhi.”