PM Sudhakaran, general secretary of the Wayanad District Congress Committee, has resigned from the party and joined the BJP on Sunday.
After quitting the party, he questioned Wayanad Congress MP Rahul Gandhi's accessibility towards the common man when he was not even accessible to him.
Rahul Gandhi had won the Amethi seat for three consecutive times since 2004.
While filing his nomination from Wayanad on April 3, Rahul Gandhi called the Lok Sabha constituency his "home".
But the suspense on a Congress candidate from Amethi has fuelled speculation on Rahul Gandhi also contesting from the high-profile seat.
PM Sudhakaran, general secretary of the Wayanad District Congress Committee, has resigned from the party and joined the BJP on Sunday. After quitting the party, he questioned Wayanad Congress MP Rahul Gandhi's accessibility towards the common man when he was not even accessible to him.
Sudhakaran joined the BJP at an election committee office in Kalpetta.
Addressing a function held at the committee office, the former Congress leader said, "I am joining the BJP as I am an admirer of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his policies towards development. The BJP is a party that has more relevance in today's society."
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"For the further implementation of Prime Minister Modi's development projects, (Kerala BJP chief) K Surendran should be elected as the MP from Wayanad and I will work towards that. If the people of Wayanad elect K Surendran, it would prove to be more beneficial for them," he added.
In the Lok Sabha elections in Kerala on April 26, Rahul Gandhi is up against the BJP's Surendran and CPI leader Annie Raja in Wayanad.
Sudhakaran went on to say that "Wayanad will be destroyed if Rahul Gandhi, who cheated the people for five years, is given another chance".
He also asked whether the Congress MP was ready to assure the people of Wayanad that he would not contest in Amethi, the party leader's former stronghold in Uttar Pradesh.
For the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, the Congress is yet to announce a candidate for Amethi.
Rahul Gandhi had won the Amethi seat for three consecutive times since 2004.
However, Union Minister Smriti Irani defeated him in the 2019 general elections by 55,000 votes, earning her the tag of 'giant slayer'.
While filing his nomination from Wayanad on April 3, Rahul Gandhi called the Lok Sabha constituency his "home".
“From them (people of Wayanad), I have learned a great deal over the last five years and received an abundance of love and affection. It is with great pride and humility that I file my nomination for Lok Sabha 2024 once again from this beautiful land,” he tweeted.
But the suspense on a Congress candidate from Amethi has fuelled speculation on Rahul Gandhi also contesting from the high-profile seat.
Addressing a joint press conference with Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav, Rahul Gandhi said, "Whatever the Central Election Committee (CEC) and Congress president will ask me to do, I will do it... Such decisions are made at our CEC."
