Bengaluru: With pressure building on Congress President Rahul Gandhi to contest from a southern seat, tentatively in Karnataka, other than his traditional stronghold Amethi, BJP on Saturday mocked the Gandhi scion for fearing a loss from the family borough in Uttar Pradesh.

"If Rahul contests from anywhere in the south, it will indicate the fall of Congress. The reason he is looking to contest from a southern state is because he fears losing from Amethi," Karnataka Bharatiya Janata Party spokesman G. Madhusudhan told IANS here.