On Thursday,Union Minister Arun Jaitley issued a scathing takedown of Priyanka Gandhi Vadra. "I am deeply disappointed with the Congress Party's decision of not fielding Priyanka Gandhi from Varanasi," Mr Jaitley wrote in a blog titled "Refuge in Wayanad and a Refuge Away From Varanasi - The Story of a Family Dynasty. Varanasi will go to polls on May 19, the last round of the seven phase national election. In his blog, Jaitley also questioned the decision on not fielding party's general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra against Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the upcoming elections from Varanasi.
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Taking a swipe at Congress president, the Union Minister stated that 'Mahagathbandhan at a national level died before it was born' and that is why 'Congress claims that it is now contesting in over 424 seats'. He was of the opinion that the BJP would gain the support of people, much larger than 2014 Lok Sabha Elections and make Narendra Modi the Prime Minister of India again. On the issue of alliance with regional parties, Jaitley pointed out that in North-East, Bengal and Odisha, the contest was between the regional parties and the BJP and even in the Karnataka appears to be going the BJP way. He claimed that people would discard the leadership of Arvind Kejriwal, Mamata Banerjee and TDP and hence Rahul Gandhi.
Stating that Gandhi had made fun of himself and displayed the desperation of a loser, Jaitley said, "Having to apologise to the Supreme Court for false public narrative, significantly diminishes the credibility of a political leader, Rahul became a victim of his own falsehood." The Union Minister slammed the Congress president for taking a soft stand on Kashmir issue and Pulawama terror attack. He also accused Rahul of disseminating false public narrative on Rafale and loan waiver to business houses. Jaitley stressed that the condition of Congress can be understood from the fact that they had to take the support of Raj Thackeray to attack Narendra Modi, without realising the fallout of move in Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and the other North Indian States.
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The last point on which the Union Minister raised questions was why Priyanka Gandhi was not fielded from Varanasi? Jaitley even took a jibe stating probably he couldn't find a 'Wayanad' for her.