Priyanka Gandhi Vadra (L) with brother Rahul Gandhi (R) (PTI/File)
Rai earlier mentioned it’s the heartfelt want of the social gathering leaders and staff that Rahul and Priyanka ought to contest elections from Amethi and Raebareli respectively
With simply weeks to the Lok Sabha election 2024, the Congress is preserving the suspense going over its candidates for Rae Bareli and Amethi parliamentary seats, even because the social gathering introduced 9 of the 17 candidates from Uttar Pradesh.
Chatting with the media earlier as we speak, Uttar Pradesh Congress chief Ajay Rai mentioned the names of candidates for six different seats have been finalised however no dialogue passed off on Amethi and Rae Bareli seats.
Amethi and Rae Bareli seats have been as soon as bastions of the Nehru-Gandhi household. Nonetheless, Congress scion Rahul Gandhi, who represented Amethi in Parliament from 2002, misplaced the seat to BJP’s Smriti Irani within the 2019 Lok Sabha polls.
Gandhi, a former Congress president, is now MP from Kerala’s Wayanad. The social gathering has once more fielded him from there amid rising demand that he contest from Amethi too.
The Rae Bareli seat has been represented by Sonia Gandhi since 2004. However the senior chief has determined she’ll be not contesting the 2024 Lok Sabha elections and has moved to Rajya Sabha.
Now, in her absence from electoral politics, there was a requirement for fielding her daughter and All India Congress Committee (AICC) common secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra from Rae Bareli. Her posters have been additionally seen within the constituency just lately.
Amid the rumours, Rai earlier mentioned it’s the heartfelt want of the social gathering leaders and staff that Rahul and Priyanka ought to contest elections from Amethi and Raebareli respectively.
“Nonetheless, the ultimate choice on this matter must be taken by the social gathering management,” he informed the information company PTI on Sunday.
Underneath an settlement with the Samajwadi Celebration (SP), the Congress will combat on 17 constituencies, whereas the remaining shall be with different INDIA bloc companions.
In the meantime, the BJP has once more fielded Union Minister Smriti Irani from Amethi, however the saffron social gathering is but to open its playing cards for Rae Bareli.
The Lok Sabha election in Amethi and Rae Bareli shall be held within the fifth part on Might 20.
