Rahul Gandhi’s decision to contest from Wayanad shows he has the confidence to win from both north and south India, senior Congress leader Shashi Tharoor said on Sunday and asked whether Prime Minister Narendra Modi would have the courage to fight from a seat in Kerala or Tamil Nadu.
Tharoor also slammed Modi and the BJP for suggesting that Gandhi chose Wayanad to “run away” from majority dominated areas, saying the ruling party has repeatedly resorted to peddling bigotry.It was dismaying that this was coming from the prime minister, he added. ‘‘By reinforcing his role as a torchbearer for the BJP’s bigotry, Modi has disregarded the principled position that a prime minister of India must be a prime minister for all Indians,” he told PTI from Thiruvananthapuram.
