Varanasi: A day after he said that Rahul Gandhi will contest from Amethi, Uttar Pradesh Congress chief Ajay Rai on Saturday said that the people of Amethi consider him as their family because he fulfilled the promises.
“The people of Amethi consider him (Rahul Gandhi) as their family because he fulfilled the promises. Rahul Gandhi has connected with local people by doing the 'Bharat Jodo Yatra' from Kanyakumari to Kashmir and people now believe that it is the Gandhi family who understands our problems and concerns. The people want Congress to come into power."
Rahul Gandhi lost to Smriti Irani in Amethi, once considered a bastion of the Congress party, by a margin of around 55,000 votes in the 2019 elections.
“In 2019, Smriti Irani had said that if you press the BJP button in the election, you will get 13 rupees per kilo of sugar. People of Amethi are still looking for that sugar. Who has eaten it?,” Rai said.
The Congress leader also targeted Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP on the rival party’s “good days are ahead” slogan.
“People are now fed up with the BJP. In Varanasi itself, PM Modi said that Good days are ahead. Fifty rupees’ per kilo of tomato is selling at two hundred fifty rupees per kilo. Are these the good days?, ” Rai said.
Rai also said that “If Priyanka Gandhi wants to contest from Varanasi seat I will retreat. I am saying it in front of the camera, I will not fight elections I will stand for Priyanka Gandhi and make sure she wins. I will give my hundred per cent, whole Congress will make sure she wins.”
Rai was the Congress candidate in Varanasi both in 2014 and 2019 and lost to Prime Minister Narendra Modi. (with Agency inputs)
