New Delhi: Reacting to historian Ramachandra Guha's comments where he said "Kerala did a disastrous thing by electing Rahul Gandhi', Congress leader Tariq Anwar on Saturday said that the former party president would continue working for his constituency, as opposed to PM Modi, who is not making proper use of the people's mandate.
Speaking to ETV Bharat, Congress leader Tariq Anwar said that his party always respected democratically elected leaders, and stressed that Rahul Gandhi would keep working for his constituency.
"The people of Wayanad elected Rahul Gandhi. I am sure that he will continue serving the people of his constituency," he said.
Launching an attack on PM Modi, Anwar claimed that after completing six months in office in his second term, PM Modi's popularity seems to be taking a hit.
"PM Modi got the support of the people for a second straight term, but he did not utilise it well," he said.
He went on to claim that the Modi-led government brought in the CAA only to divert the attention away from the real issues.
Addressing a gathering in Kozhikode on January 17 historian Ramachandra Guha said that a "fifth-generation dynast" Rahul Gandhi has no chance in Indian politics against a "hard-working and self-made" Narendra Modi, and Kerala did a disastrous thing by electing the Congress leader to Parliament.
"I have nothing against Rahul Gandhi personally. He is a decent fellow, very well-mannered. But young India does not want a fifth-generation dynast. If you Malyalis make the mistake of re-electing Rahul Gandhi in 2024 too, you are merely handing over an advantage to Narendra Modi," said Guha on the second day of the ongoing Kerala Literature Festival (KLF) during his talk, "Patriotism Vs Jingoism".
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