BJP’s Amit Malviya stated Rahul Gandhi himself have to announce that he could be contesting from Amethi withinside the 2024 Lok Sabha election and if so Rahul Gandhi have to contest from simply one seat.
Amid row over Congress chief Ajay Rai’s ‘latke Jhatke’ touch upon Union minister Smriti Irani, BJP’s Amit Malviya on Tuesday stated if Rahul Gandhi is guy enough, then he have to brazenly announce his bid for Amethi in 2024 in place of hiding behind “minions” like Ajay Rai. Asking whether or not the Congress chief is up for the challenge, Amit Malviya additionally dared Rahul Gandhi to contest from simply one seat withinside the 2024 Lok Sabha elections.
On Monday, Congress chief Ajay Rai stirred up a clean controversy concerning Smriti Irani and Rahul Gandhi as he stated the Union minister does simplest ‘latke jhatke’ in Amethi and is going away even as the seat has remained the Gandhi own circle of relatives bastion. The National Commission for Women took be aware of the remark and despatched a observe to him, even as a police grievance became filed in opposition to Ajay Rai in Uttar Pradesh via way of means of BJP’s Mahila morcha.
Ajay Rai defended his ‘latka-jhatka’ remark and stated there has been no obscenity as it’s far a not unusualplace time period withinside the local dialect. “I failed to intend to insult anyone. It’s our colloquial language because of this that that anyone all at once appears, says some thing after which disappears,” Ajay Rai stated on whether or not he could apologise.
Smriti Irani on Tuesday stated ‘latke jhatke’ isn’t in any respect a not unusualplace word however can be a replicate of Congress’s political subculture. “I recognize Banaras, India. In our subculture, in our civilization, it isn’t a count of our subculture to make indecent remarks closer to women. This can be a replicate of Congress’s political subculture, however it’s far neither Kashi’s subculture nor such phrases which can be any description of our politics or cultural and social makeup,” Smriti Irani stated.
Questioning the subculture of the Gandhi own circle of relatives, the Union minister stated, “If the Gandhi own circle of relatives likes foul language then Congress leaders may not express regret for the usage of the sort of foul language? If they’re being rewarded via way of means of the Gandhi own circle of relatives simplest via way of means of making such remarks, then should be the subculture of the Gandhi own circle of relatives. Even regular political people do not make such remarks, then why is it that regular Congress employee thinks that Sonia ji and Rahul ji would really like such things.” In the 2019 Lok Sabha election, Rahul Gandhi contested from each Amethi and Wayanad and misplaced Amethi to Smriti Irani.