Communist Party of India (CPI) State secretary Binoy Viswam said here on Friday that his party would support Congress leader Rahul Gandhi in Rae Bareli. Mr. Gandhi is contesting to the 18th Lok Sabha from both Wayanad and Rae Bareli. Interestingly in Wayanad, where the polling took place on April 26, Mr. Gandhi is pitted against CPI’s national leader Annie Raja.
Mr. Viswam told news reporters here that the Congress leaders in Kerala had little foresight. “That’s why they made Rahul Gandhi contest from Wayanad,” he said.
Mr. Viswam said that Rahul Gandhi was coerced to contest from Wayanad, and that was a political blunder from the Congress leaders. “Rahul Gandhi contested from Wayanad completely forgetting that the BJP is the Congress’s chief adversary,” he said.
