The Congress party has the right to decide which candidate it should field in each constituency and instead of focussing all attention on Rahul Gandhi, the media should be discussing people’s loss of livelihood, high unemployment rate, price rise and farmers’ issues, All India Congress Committee (AICC) general secretary K.C. Venugopal has said.
Addressing the media here on Saturday, Mr. Venugopal was peeved that the entire media, including the national media, seemed to focus on why Mr. Gandhi was being fielded from Rae Bareli.
“Rae Bareli is a constituency from where the former Prime Minister and Congress leader Indira Gandhi used to contest. Why should Mr. Gandhi not contest from there? Why is the media silent on the fact that Prime Minister Narendra Modi has also contested from the two constituencies and the late A.B. Vajpayee from three constituencies at once?,” Mr. Venugopal asked.
