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New Delhi: Communist Party of India (CPI) general secretary D Raja on Saturday said a leader of Rahul Gandhi's stature should contest the upcoming Lok Sabha polls from a seat where he can directly challenge the ruling BJP, even as he said it is a political party's prerogative to decide who would it field from a seat..
The remarks came a day after the Congress announced that Gandhi will contest the parliamentary polls, likely to be held in April-May, from Wayanad in Kerala, the seat he currently represents in the Lok Sabha...
Asked about the Congress's decision to field Gandhi from Wayanad, Raja said, "Within the LDF, the CPI has got four seats to contest and Wayanad is one of those, so we have announced our candidate..
Raja asked, adding that Gandhi and the Congress must seriously introspect about who do they consider their primary target, the BJP or the Left.. Gandhi will contest the general election from Wayanad once again as the Congress announced its first list of 39 candidates on Friday...
Amit Shah and Modi do not have any substantial issue of livelihood for people," the Left leader said.. Asked about the rift between INDIA opposition bloc partners National Conference and People's Democratic Party in Jammu and Kashmir, he said, "I do not think it is a direct confrontation between the PDP and the NC..
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