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BJP’s Dinesh Pratap might be contesting in opposition to Rahul Gandhi in Rae Bareli. (Picture: PTI/X)
Raebareli is ready to witness shut contest between Congress and the BJP. Rahul Gandhi might be contesting in opposition to BJP’s Dinesh Pratap
It’s Rahul Gandhi Vs Dinesh Pratap Singh in Raebareli. Making its most awaited announcement, the Congress social gathering on Friday named Wayanad MP Rahul Gandhi’s candidature from Raebareli. Whereas, the grand previous household introduced the candidature of Rahul Gandhi with expectations that he would save the social gathering’s bastion, the BJP however gave Dinesh Pratap Singh the accountability to grab away Gandhi’s turf Raebareli – a seat consecutively held by the household with Sonia Gandhi because the incumbent MP.
The essential resolution by Congress got here only a day earlier than the submitting of the nomination is ending. Raebareli is ready to go to votes within the fifth part of the Lok Sabha polls on Might 20.
Who Is Dinesh Pratap Singh?
A former Congress MLC, Dinesh Pratap Singh jumped ship in 2018. He was elected as a member of the state legislative council thrice in 2010, 2016 and 2022 (This time from the BJP). After he was declared because the candidate for Raebareli, he mentioned, “I’ve even fought in opposition to four-time MP Sonia Gandhi, so Priyanka Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi aren’t essential to me. Whichever Gandhi involves Raebareli, they may lose.”
His confidence doesn’t stem from nothing. Within the 2014 Lok Sabha elections, Sonia Gandhi’s victory margin was not less than 3.5 lakh votes. However, within the 2019 polls, when Singh stood in opposition to her, her margin was practically halved to only 1.67 lakh votes.
Dinesh Pratap Singh was credited for this feat and the BJP’s high management had their eye on 2024, as they plan to repeat an Amethi of 2019 in Raebareli. Smriti Irani, who equally shrank senior Congress chief Rahul Gandhi’s margin throughout her first shot in 2014; she went on to change into a large killer, defeating the Gandhi scion in his personal turf in 2019.
Rahul Gandhi To Contest From Raebareli
Congress chief Rahul Gandhi will contest from Uttar Pradesh’s Raebareli, a seat represented by his mom Sonia Gandhi for 4 phrases till she was elected to Rajya Sabha this 12 months.
The transfer comes after days of intense hypothesis and heated debate over whether or not the Congres would discipline members of the Gandhi household from these two seats. Friday is the final date of submitting of nominations for each seats that may go to polls on Might 20 within the fifth spherical of the seven-phase normal elections.
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