Taking a swipe at the Congress over the delay in naming its candidate from Amethi, its former stronghold in Uttar Pradesh, Union Minister Smriti Irani said the only reason why there was so much ‘chintan’ (deliberations) around the subject in the rival camp was because there is ‘chinta’ (worry).
Speaking at the Times Now Summit on Wednesday, the Union Minister said, “The Congress lost Amethi for the first time in its history in 2019. Rahul (the Congress’s pick from Amethi in 2019) and Priyanka campaigned extensively in the constituency in the hope of keeping its winning streak going. They set out hoping to trounce the BJP but the opposite happened. Recently, the Congress’s yatra (Rahul’s Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra) had a brief stopover in Amethi but the event failed to draw any attention from the public.”