After Rahul Gandhi won the Rae Bareli seat, former Congress leader Acharya Pramod Krishnam attacked the party for running Priyanka Gandhi Vadra from Wayanad, claiming that she ought to have been named party president. In addition, Pramod Krishnam charged that Priyanka Gandhi’s announcement of her Wayanad candidacy had “diminished” her stature.
“Priyanka Gandhi is the most popular face in Congress,” stated Acharya Pramod Krishnam. She ought to have been elected president of the Congress. There are attempts to devalue Priyanka Gandhi by providing her a ticket to the Lok Sabha in the by-elections.”
The former head of the Congress continued by saying that Hindus are someone the Congress “does not trust.” However, by forcing Priyanka Gandhi to run from Wayanad, the Congress demonstrated its lack of faith in Hindus. She would have been forced to run from somewhere else if they had trusted Hindus, according to Pramod Krishnam.
The Congress has come under fire from the Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) for “deceiving” the Wayanad populace and “dynasty imposition” against them. Shehzad Poonawala claimed that by sending Priyanka Gandhi to South India to begin her political career, the Gandhi family discriminated against son and daughter.
Shehzad Poonawala declared, “It has been demonstrated that Congress is a family-run business rather than a political party. Rahul Gandhi will continue to hold the Raebareli seat, while Sonia Gandhi will serve as the Rajya Sabha MP. They have chosen to run against Wayanad resident Priyanka Gandhi, which implies that the entire family would serve in parliament—a familiarization concept.”
With the Samajwadi Party’s assistance, the Congress was able to secure a few seats in Uttar Pradesh at the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. Since he was aware that the BJP had regained influence in Uttar Pradesh following the results announcement, he decided to cling onto the Raebareli seat. He knew the outcome of the by-poll would not be in their favor. He dispatched his ‘behna’ to Kerala since he didn’t want to take any chances in Uttar Pradesh,” he claimed.
Rajeev Chandrasekhar, a prominent member of the BJP and a former Union Minister, also criticized the Congress, calling it “dynasty imposition.” “A shameless and Cong-style shamelessness exists, where voters in Wayanad are subjected to successive members of their dynasty, all while shamelessly concealing Rahul’s involvement in another constituency as a candidate,” Rajeev Chandrasekhar remarked.
