Prime Minister Narendra Modi took a dig at Congress leader and Wayanad MP Rahul Gandhi by calling him a "shehzada [prince]" on Saturday. The Prime Minister told people at a public meeting in Nanded, Maharashtra, that Gandhi would leave Wayanad the way he "fled" the Amethi constituency.

PM Modi also took a veiled attack on Congress' former chief Sonia Gandhi. He said some INDIA bloc leaders left the Lok Sabha and moved to the Rajya Sabha as they had no courage to contest elections.

"Whatever claims these people make, the truth is that Congress leaders have already accepted defeat even before the announcement of elections. This is the very reason that a few of their leaders, who used to contest and win Lok Sabha seats, have this time entered through the Rajya Sabha route," PM Modi said.