BJP to field Smriti Irani in Wayanad

Alappuzha: News of the Congress President Rahul Gandhi contesting the two Lok Sabha seats is in the news these days. Rahul can also stand with Uttar Pradesh's Amethi seat along with Wayanad of Kerala. Meanwhile, the news is coming that BJP along with Amethi is also preparing to give tough competition to Rahul in Wayanad. According to a report, the BJP may also take the Iron Man against the Congress in Wayanad.

BJP is making moves to field Smriti Irani in Wayanad against Rahul Gandhi to bring a strong fight in the polls. For this, the BJP will take over the Wayanad seat removing NDA candidate of Wayanad.

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Targeting Gandhi over speculations, Irani tweeted that after being rejected by people of his constituency, the leader "staged" the call for candidature. The minister tweeted the message with hashtag "bhaag Rahul bhaag". The minister had fought elections unsuccessfully against Kapil Sibal in Delhi's Chandni Chowk and Rahul Gandhi in Amethi. However, after her debacle in 2014 Irani has been visiting Gandhi's constituency in a bid to boost the developmental process, which she accuses the Congress president did not pay much attention to over the past years. Rahul faces a tough challenge from Smriti Irani, who lost the last Lok Sabha election from Amethi by a margin of a little over 1 lakh votes.

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