Amid ongoing on Lok Sabha elections 2024, BJP leader Purnesh Modi, who had filed a defamation case against Congress leader Rahul Gandhi in Gujarat over his "Modi surname" remarks, took a swipe at Congress leader Rahul Gandhi as he mocked the latter's decision to contest from Uttar Pradesh's Rae Bareli seat, sensing defeat at Wayanad, where he is a sitting MP, reported news agency ANI.

Speaking to ANI, Purnesh Modi, who is also the BJP's in-charge for political affairs in Dadra Nagar Haveli and Daman Diu, said that Rahul Gandhi did not file his nomination from Amethi against Smriti Irani as he had lost the Congress' stronghold in the 2019 general elections.