'Sent His Peon To Contest': BJP's Rae Bareli Leader Dinesh Pratap Singh Ridicules Rahul Gandhi's Amethi Pick

New Delhi: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Dinesh Pratap Singh on Saturday took a dig at Congress leader Rahul Gandhi for nominating Kishori Lal Sharma as the party's candidate in Amethi, saying that Gandhi has "sent his peon to contest against Smriti Irani in Amethi."

“Does Rahul Gandhi really want to win Amethi and Raebareli? If he really wanted to win Amethi, why would he give a Lok Sabha ticket to his peon from Amethi?" BJP's Dinesh Pratap Singh said.

"Rahul Gandhi will lose both Raebareli and Amethi seats…He (Rahul Gandhi) has run away from Amethi, and I believe he will not ask for votes. There is Smriti Irani, who, just like a family, gave love and respect to Amethi,” Singh, who is BJP's candidate from Rae Bareli, said.

The BJP leader further said that "whenever Rahul Gandhi used to visit Amethi or Rae Bareli, there used to be ropes tied to separate the people and in between the ropes, the Gandhi family passed by waving their hands”.

"But, now the people's wait of centuries of love and affection is being fulfilled, relations are building up. The part of the family is Dinesh Pratap Singh and Smriti Irani and not the Gandhi family," he added.

Taking a dig at Sonia Gandhi, the BJP leader said that "she left Rae Bareli in fear." "Sonia Gandhi left Raebareli in fear that if she loses, she will have to leave the 'das Janpath'. He (Rahul Gandhi) came, filed a nomination and left for Delhi. Dinesh Pratap Singh after filing his nomination, started moving in the streets of the villages of Raebareli," Dinesh Pratap Singh said.

Notably, KL Sharma, a confidant of the Gandhi family will contest against Union Minister Smriti Irani in Amethi for the Lok Sabha elections. It is worth noting that both Amethi and Rae Bareli will vote in the fifth phase of the Lok Sabha polls on May 20. The results will be declared on June 4.