Alappuzha, April 20 -- Reacting sharply to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's remark that the Congress party's 'Yuvaraj' (Rahul Gandhi) ran away from North India to South India, AICC general secretary (Organisation) K.C. Venugopal on Saturday said they never knew that it was Modi who was selecting candidates for the Congress.

Venugopal, who is fighting it out from the Alappuzha Lok Sabha constituency, was reacting to the interview of PM Modi given to a TV channel wherein he belittled Rahul Gandhi.

"Isn't Wayanad in India and didn't Modi contest from two seats in the past? It's surprising that Modi is saying such things and we never knew that it was Modi who was selecting the Congress candidates. Moreover what's wrong if Rahul contests from ...