'MP is just a tag or position': Rahul attacks BJP in Wayanad

Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday slammed the BJP, saying that the ruling party can take away the "MP tag", but it cannot prevent him from representing the people of Wayanad.

"MP is just a tag or position and BJP can take my tag, position, and house or put me in jail, but they cannot stop me from representing the people of Wayanad. They think that they will scare me by sending the police to my house...I am happy they took my house. I was not satisfied living in that house," ANI quoted Rahul Gandhi in a tweet.

He then accused the BJP of not allowing him to speak in the Parliament. "BJP ministers lied about me in the Parliament and I was not allowed to speak. I went to Speaker also but still, I was not allowed to speak...The more they will attack me, the more I will speak on the same thing... but I will not stop. This disqualification will only deepen my relationship with the people of Waynad," he said.

On her turn, Priyanka Gandhi said that her brother was disqualified for asking a question the BJP could not answer.

"The whole govt is trying to defend Gautam Adani. The PM is defending Adani. BJP turning our democracy on its head. The PM is changing his dressing style every day but there is no change in the lifestyle of common people. They are struggling for jobs," she said.

Thousands of people, including UDF leaders and workers, turned up on Tuesday at Kalpetta in the border district of Kerala to welcome Rahul Gandhi, who arrived along with his sister Priyanka Gandhi after his disqualification as an MP.

While hundreds of UDF workers lined up at Kalpetta for the roadshow called 'Satyameva Jayate' holding the Indian flag, several people across all age groups gathered on the roadside to welcome Gandhi as he travelled to the public meeting venue on a truck accompanied by his sister and senior party leaders from Kerala.

Gandhi arrived on a helicopter and then travelled to the venue on a truck which had to inch along in view of the thousands, carrying placards of his photograph, who had turned up to show their support for him.

This is his first visit to Wayanad following his disqualification as an MP in March after being convicted and sentenced in a criminal defamation case.

Gandhis will be also attending another event - Cultural Democratic Defense.

Senior Congress leaders like AICC General Secretary K C Venugopal, KPCC president K Sudhakaran, Muslim League State President Panakkad Sayyid Sadiq Ali Shihab Thangal, AICC General Secretary Tariq Anwar and Leader of Opposition in the state assembly V D Satheesan, will also participate in the UDF-organised conference.