Rahul’s poll speeches will increase vote share of BJP-Sena: CM
| Date :15-Oct-2019 |
MUMBAI :
TAKING a dig at Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Monday said the speeches made by the former will eventually help the BJP-Shiv Sena alliance win more votes in Assembly elections. Speaking at a rally at Pusad in Yavatmal district, the Chief Minister said Gandhi joined the campaign “unwillingly” in view of Congress leader Salman Khurshid’s remarks. Khurshid had said the Congress had failed to carry out a detailed analysis of the 2019 Lok Sabha polls, as Gandhi, the then president of the party, “walked away”.
“The Congress had won 42 seats in 2014 State Assembly elections in Maharashtra. Knowing well that his party will not win more than 24 seats this time, Rahul was unwilling to campaign and instead had gone abroad,” the Chief Minister said. “Congress leader Salman Khurshid recently said that party leaders ran away at the time of putting up a fight. Now, Gandhi has come and speaking the same old things,” the Chief Minister said, referring to Gandhi raking up issues like Rafale deal, GST, demonetisation in his rallies held on Sunday.
These issues were raised by Gandhi and the Congress in the run-up to the 2019 Lok Sabha elections. The BJP had won a massive mandate while the Congress fell by the wayside. “More Rahul Gandhi speaks, the votes of the BJP-Sena will keep rising,” the Chief Minister said.