Shiv Sena (Uddhav Thackeray faction) leader Sanjay Raut on Sunday exuded confidence in Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi and said that if she contests the upcoming Lok Sabha election from Varanasi against Prime Minister Narendra Modi, then she will win for sure.
"Varanasi people want Priyanka Gandhi. If Priyanka Gandhi contests from Varanasi against PM Narendra Modi, then she will win for sure. Varanasi people want Priyanka Gandhi. The fight for Raebareli, Varanasi, and Amethi is tough for the BJP," Raut said, as quoted by news agency ANI.
Earlier, Priyanka Gandhi's husband Robert Vadra said that his wife should be in Lok Sabha and that she has all the qualifications to be in Parliament. In an interview with PTI, Vadra said, "She should be in Lok Sabha for sure. She has all the qualifications for it. She would be very good in Parliament and she deserves to be there. I hope that the Congress party accepts and plans better for her." He also attacked Union Minister Smriti Irani for displaying a picture of him with business tycoon Gautam Adani during a debate on the no-confidence motion in Parliament recently.
According to PTI, Vadra said that he keeps away from politics but "I will speak to fight for my name because if there is anything they say they have to prove it". "I challenge them that if they are going to take my name and 'you are going to bring my photograph, please show me something that I have done with Mr Adani. And if there is any wrongdoing I will deal with it and if not, they have to apologise and will have to take it back'," he said.
"We have a picture of our very own prime minister sitting in Adani's plane. Why should not we ask questions about that and what Rahul (Gandhi) has been asking? And why these questions are not answered," PTI quoted him as saying. When asked about the opposition alliance, he said that the Congress has joined the INDIA bloc and it will give them (the BJP-led NDA) a good fight in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections.
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