Rahul Gandhi to Contest Lok Sabha Polls from Wayanad Once more; Last Checklist At this time: Sources

Former Congress president Rahul Gandhi is ready to contest from Kerala’s Wayanad constituency as soon as once more within the coming Lok Sabha polls, knowledgeable sources.

The Congress scion’s candidature obtained the inexperienced mild in the course of the first assembly of the occasion’s Central Election Committee (CEC) within the nationwide capital on Thursday night.

Rahul Gandhi, a member of the CEC, participated within the assembly just about from Gujarat. Within the 2019 elections, Rahul secured a big victory in Wayanad, however confronted defeat in Amethi, the standard Congress stronghold in Uttar Pradesh, to BJP chief Smriti Irani.

In accordance with sources, the identify of senior occasion chief and MP Shashi Tharoor was additionally accepted for Thiruvananthapuram. The BJP has nominated Union Minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar as its candidate for the seat in Kerala. There’s additionally a chance of Okay. C. Venugopal contesting within the upcoming polls.

The sources added that the highest management of the occasion throughout its CEC assembly conveyed a robust message, emphasising that outstanding figures should take part within the Lok Sabha elections.

Throughout Thursday’s assembly, the panel mentioned candidates from Delhi, Chhattisgarh, Karnataka, Telangana, Lakshadweep, Kerala, Meghalaya, Tripura, Sikkim, and Manipur. The Congress, nonetheless, has not launched any official candidate checklist as of now.

The supply talked about that the checklist is predicted to be launched at the moment.

The Congress occasion organised the CEC assembly to finalise candidates for the upcoming Lok Sabha polls. Current on the assembly have been Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge, former occasion chief Sonia Gandhi, AICC Basic Secretary KC Venugopal, Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, TS Singhdeo, and others. Telangana Chief Minister Revanth Reddy was additionally in New Delhi to take part within the assembly.

Final week, the BJP launched its first checklist of 195 candidates for the Lok Sabha elections. Among the many declared seats, 51 are from Uttar Pradesh, 20 from West Bengal, and 5 from Delhi. The checklist contains 28 ladies leaders and 47 candidates below the age of fifty.