'Shahzada will leave Wayanad too': PM Modi's dig at Rahul Gandhi

Prime Minister Narendra Modi took a dig at Congress leader and Wayanad MP Rahul Gandhi by calling him a "shehzada [prince]" on Saturday. The Prime Minister told people at a public meeting in Nanded, Maharashtra, that Gandhi would leave Wayanad the way he "fled" the Amethi constituency.

seat to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and Union minister in the 2019 Lok Sabha Elections. He, however, retained his other seat, Wayanad. seat for the 2024 Lok Sabha Elections. The Congress has yet to declare its candidate for the Amethi seat.

Referring to Rahul Gandhi, PM Modi said, "Shehzade and his gang are waiting for voting to happen in Wayanad on April 26. The moment voting will conclude in Wayanad... they [Congress] will look for a safe seat after April 26. They will have to ."

PM Modi also took a veiled attack on Congress' former chief . He said some INDIA bloc leaders left the Lok Sabha and moved to the Rajya Sabha as they had no courage to contest elections.

"Whatever claims these people make, the truth is that Congress leaders have already accepted defeat even before the announcement of elections. This is the very reason that a few of their leaders, who used to contest and win Lok Sabha seats, have this time entered through the Rajya Sabha route," PM Modi said.

This year, Sonia Gandhi was elected to the Rajya Sabha unopposed. She had informed that she  

PM Modi was in Nanded, Maharashtra, to campaign for BJP candidates from Nanded and Hingoli seats.

Speakign at the rally, PM Modi said the INDIA bloc constituents were contesting the elections against each other in 25 percent seats. "After (the election results on) June 4, they will be fighting more with each other," he said. He also mentioned . The CPI(M), which Vijayan