On May 7, Union Minister and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate from Amethi Lok Sabha seat Smriti Irani targeted Congress leader Rahul Gandhi over alleged support from Pakistani leader Chaudhry Fawad Hussain amid the ongoing Lok Sabha elections 2024.
Former Pakistani Minister Chaudhry Fawad Hussain has been posting tweets in support of Congress leader Rahul Gandhi amid the ongoing Lok Sabha elections.
https://twitter.com/fawadchaudhry/status/1785635422309101683
Addressing a gathering in Amethi, Smriti Irani said, “Till now I used to contest against Congress leader only, but now a Pakistani leader has said that Smriti Irani should be defeated. ‘Tumse Pakistan na sambhalta, tum Amethi ki chinta karte ho’. If my voice reaches the leader of Pakistan, I want to say, this is the Amethi where PM Modi has built the factory of the AK 203 rifle, that rifle used to kill Pakistani terrorists on borders”.
#WATCH | Uttar Pradesh | On former Pakistan minister's post on social media platform 'X', regarding her, Union Minister and BJP's candidate from Amethi, Smriti Irani says, "Till now I used to contest against Congress leader only, but now a Pakistani leader has said that Smriti… pic.twitter.com/GTVYvM13ke
— ANI (@ANI) May 7, 2024
“I want to ask you Rahul Gandhi Ji, what is your relationship with Pakistan? They were not able to handle Pakistan but were worrying about Amethi,” Smriti Irani said.
Further taking a jibe at the Congress leader, she said, ‘chunaav chal raha hai desh me, samarthan mil raha hai aapko videsh me’, which roughly means “Elections are happening in the country, but you are garnering support from foreign soil.”
Speaking to ANI, Smriti Irani said, “While elections are underway in our nation, Rahul Gandhi is receiving support from another country. Why hasn’t Rahul Gandhi disavowed this support from Pakistan yet? Why hasn’t he condemned the interference of Pakistani politicians in Indian elections? Rahul Gandhi needs to respond to this”.
On May 4, Hussain lauded Rahul Gandhi’s repeated promises of conducting a wealth redistribution survey in India.
https://twitter.com/fawadchaudhry/status/1786613402674016505?t=X9vRDB4EYEua9yz0rNZWfw&s=19
“Rahul Gandhi like his great Grandfather Jawaharlal has a socialist in him, problems of India and Pak are so same even after 75 years of partition, Rahul sahib in his last night speech said 30 or 50 families owns 70% of India wealth so is in Pakistan where only a business club called Pak Business Council and few real estate Seth’s own 75% of Pak wealth.. fair distribution of wealth is biggest challenge of capitalism,” wrote Hussain on X.
As Smriti Irani seeks re-election from Amethi, Rahul Gandhi is contesting from Raebareli. In 2019, a significant electoral battle unfolded in the Amethi constituency of Uttar Pradesh, pitting Rahul Gandhi of the prominent Gandhi family against Smriti Irani. The outcome of this contest marked a historic moment in Indian politics as Smriti Irani emerged victorious, unseating Rahul Gandhi from the stronghold of Amethi.
