None from Gandhi clan fit to fight from Uttar Pradesh: Anurag Thakur

New Delhi, February 5

Union Information and Broadcasting Minister on Monday said no one from the Gandhi family of the Congress was “fit to contest Lok Sabha elections from Uttar Pradesh this year”.

“No one from the Gandhi family is fit to contest from UP. Those who won never went (there) to show their faces. Those who lost didn’t leave any opportunity to insult North Indians. Those who criticised Lord Rama are now afraid of even setting their foot on the land of Ram Lalla,” Thakur said.

He said those who fielded lawyers to defend the Babri Masjid will have no feet to stand on in UP.

“Their (read Congress) allies (read SP) opened fire on Lord Rama worshippers. Their steps are now faltering,” the minister said.

Former Congress chief Sonia Gandhi was the lone party winner in UP (Rae Bareli) in the 2019 LS polls. Her son Rahul Gandhi had lost Amethi to BJP’s Smriti Irani and contested from Wayanad in Kerala and won. All eyes are on the Gandhi family amid speculation about their electoral future, the seats they choose and the route they choose (Rajya Sabha or Lok Sabha) to enter Parliament.