The BJP chief said it did not want to give up its alliance with old time ally Shiv Sena in Maharashtra but insisted that the BJP would have no option if the Sena wanted to part ways with it.
The Congress president represents Amethi in Lok Sabha while his mother Sonia Gandhi is Lok Sabha MP from Raebareli.
Amethi is represented by Gandhi in Parliament, while his mother and former Congress president Sonia Gandhi is the MP from Raebareli.
BJP spokesperson Anil Baluni said Rahul Gandhi should not worry about Modi and should rather be concerned about his and Sonia Gandhi's electoral fate in 2019.
The incident has been reported from Jagdishpur area of Amethi. Initial reports suggest old rivalry is the reason behind these clashes.
Workers of both parties clashed reportedly after BJP supporters protested with banners and placards against the Congress president.
Adityanath said that had the Congress laid more emphasis on development, Amethi would not have languished.
Rahul Gandhi, who returned to India after visiting Bahrain, thanked that country's leaders and its people for their love and hospitality.
It was on December 11 last year when Rahul Gandhi took over the reigns from mother Sonia Gandhi as the new Congress President.
In Uttar Pradesh, while the Congress party had not fielded any candidate from Amethi town, its candidates from Jais was at a poor fourth after several rounds of counting.
There are speculations that Rahul Gandhi may change his constituency from Amethi to Rae Bareli in the 2019 polls, and his mother may opt for a Rajya Sabha seat.
Amethi, which has traditionally been the Congress's bastion, witnessed a high-pitched poll battle in the last Lok Sabha election between Smriti Irani and Rahul Gandhi.
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath accused Rahul Gandhi of visiting Italy more often than his own parliamentary constituency Amethi
Referring to Rahul Gandhi as 'shahzada', Amit Shah dared the Congress VP to explain to the people what the three generations of Gandhis have done for Amethi.
Rahul Gandhi on Thursday said that the BJP governments at the Centre and in Uttar Pradesh were inaugurating projects launched by the erstwhile UPA dispensation in his Lok Sabha constituency Amethi
The Congress and opposition leaders have been attacking the government over its ‘wrong’ policies and decision that has hit the GDP growth rate.
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