The decision of Congress to field Rahul Gandhi, the party’s candidate for Wayanad parliamentary constituency, from Uttar Pradesh’s Rae Bareli seat as well has evoked a mixed response.
The decision of his sister and AICC general secretary Priyanka Gandhi to not enter the electoral fray either from Rae Bareli or Amethi may have necessitated Mr. Gandhi’s shift to the contest the seat held by his mother Sonia Gandhi for two decades.
However, his main opponent and Left Democratic Front (LDF) candidate from the constituency Annie Raja said Mr. Gandhi should have revealed this earlier to the voters in Wayanad. “He should have shown the political morality. He should have informed the people of Wayanad about Rae Bareli. It is not acceptable that he kept this fact away from the people in Wayanad,” Ms. Annie Raja said.
