Rahul fighting from Rae Bareli boost for INDIA bloc in UP, BJP heading for 'huge setback' in state: Pilot
New Indian ExpressHe said in the adjoining Amethi Lok Sabha constituency, the Congress has fielded a grassroots worker, Sharma, who has worked in the area for over 40 years. Uttar Pradesh is the largest state and here also, the BJP will be on the back foot because they had a good majority last time," Pilot said. "The BJP is heading for a huge setback in Uttar Pradesh also," Pilot claimed. Asked about the BJP's charge that Gandhi "ran away" from Amethi fearing defeat, Pilot said the former Congress president had been at the forefront of taking on this government in the last 10 years from day one, be it inside Parliament or outside. Gandhi has taken the government head on and the BJP and the government of India had to respond because he is the one who has fearlessly fought this battle for the opposition from day one till today, Pilot asserted.