Jaydeep Kavade, the son of the local MLA of People's Republican Party, a strong ally of the Congress (I) and the Nationalist Congress Party, got to the podium and used filthy language to insult Union Minister Smriti Irani
Jaydeep Kawade s the son of People's Republican party president Jogendra Kawade. Kawade's PRP is part of the anti-BJP grand alliance in Maharashtra, which includes the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), Congress and Peasants and Workers Party of India.
Rahul Gandhi has contested from Amethi since 2004 and has always won comfortably. He never faced any stiff competition in Amethi except in 2014 from BJP’s Smriti Irani.
Smriti Irani has received a lot of praise for her works in the Amethi, which prompted BJP to field again her from Amethi against Gandhi scion Rahul Gandhi despite her loss in the 2014 elections
Smriti Irani rubbishes rumours that have surfaced about BJP thinking about fielding Smriti Irani from the Wayanad constituency too, to counter Rahul Gandhi.
The Congress units of southern states have been feverishly imploring Rahul Gandhi to fight from any constituencies in southern states, apart from Amethi in Uttar Pradesh .