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'Minorities In Majority...'

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Friday responded to Congress leader Rahul Gandhi's decision to contest again from Kerala's Wayanad in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections. "He (Rahul Gandhi) claims that the entire nation is in Congress' favour then why he is not contesting elections from Amethi? He went to Wayanad because the minorities are in the majority there. Congress' whole politics is dependent on minorities," BJP leader Ravi Shankar Prasad told news agency ANI.

: BJP's Dig At Rahul Gandhi's Wayanad Candidacy

Rahul Gandhi is set to contest from Kerala’s Wayanad seat again in the 2024 Lok Sabha polls, as decided by the party’s central election committee (CEC) on Thursday evening. The Congress CEC meeting, attended by key figures such as Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge, former party chief Sonia Gandhi, general secretary KC Venugopal, and Rahul Gandhi via Zoom, cleared the names of about 50 candidates for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. Shashi Tharoor’s name was cleared for Thiruvananthapuram, and former Chhattisgarh CM Bhupesh Baghel and former deputy CM of Rajasthan, Sachin Pilot, were asked to contest the polls. Jyotsna Mahant’s name was also cleared from Chhattisgarh. After the CEC meeting, Sachin Pilot stated that a detailed discussion was held over each seat, and decisions will be announced soon.