Chunav Flashback: Uttar Pradesh’s Rae Bareli Lok Sabha seat has all the time been a Congress stronghold. The parliamentary constituency is represented by Congress patriarch Sonia Gandhi for practically twenty years now, since 2006.
Because the Lok Sabha elections are underway within the nation, this time, the Bharatiya Janata Celebration (BJP) goals to seize this key seat. Although BJP seems to seize the throne in Congress’ bastion, it is not like that the saffron camp has not received Rae Bareli previously.
In 1996 and 1998 Lok Sabha elections, BJP’s Ashok Singh claimed victory in Rae Bareli. In 1996, Ashok Singh defeated Janata Dal’s Ashok Singh and BSP’s Babulal Lodhi, whereas in 1998, he defeated Samajwadi Celebration’s Surendra Bahadur Singh.
Ashok Singh’s political journey
- 1987: Block Pramukh, Amawa, Rae Bareli
- 1989-92: Member, Uttar Pradesh Legislative Meeting (two phrases)
- 1996: Elected to eleventh Lok Sabha
- 1996-98: Member, Committee on City and Rural Improvement
- 1998: Re-elected to twelfth Lok Sabha (2nd time period)
- 1998-99: Member, Committee on Human Useful resource Improvement and its Sub-Committee on Drug Management, Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Petroleum and Pure Gasoline and Chairman, District. Co-operative Financial institution Ltd. since 1994.
Nonetheless, after 1998, the saffron celebration has not been in a position to take maintain in Rae Bareli. Besides Congress, BJP and Janata Celebration, no different celebration has ever claimed victory in Raebareli.
It is one of many key seats in Uttar Pradesh as numerous Congress veterans together with Feroze Gandhi, Indira Gandhi, and Sonia Gandhi have fought elections from right here.
Sonia Gandhi is the incumbent MP from Raebareli, nevertheless, she has now switched to Rajya Sabha. With no Sonia Gandhi this time in Rae Bareli, BJP leaders are upbeat that they may be capable to win this seat.
Raebareli Lok Sabha Election 2024
BJP and Congress are within the direct contest in Rae Bareli however none of them has introduced their candidates to this point. Uttar Pradesh has a complete of 80 Lok Sabha seats. Polling within the state is going down in all of the seven phases.
Polling in Rae Bareli will happen within the fifth section on Could 20.
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