Election 2024: Rahul Gandhi against fielding any Nehru-Gandhi family member from Amethi, Raebareli, says a Report

Also Read: Lok Sabha Elections 2024: Cong makes last-ditch attempts to person Rahul, Priyanka to contention successful Amethi, Raebareli

The 2 seats – Amethi and Raebareli – volition ballot successful the 5th signifier of the Lok Sabha elections 2024 connected May 20. And the Congress is yet to denote the names of the candidates. The past time for filing nominations for the seats successful the 5th signifier is May 3. And Rahul Gandhi has scheduled a rally connected Pune connected May 3, according to the Hindustan Times report. 

The Congress leadership, including enactment President Malikarjun Kharge are learnt to beryllium making last-ditch attempts to person Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, oregon astatine slightest 1 of the 2 siblings, to participate the fray from the 2 seats considered enactment strongholds.

Earlier connected May 1, Congress person Jairam Ramesh said that the names of the candidates for the 2 seats volition beryllium announced within 24 hours and that the party's Central Election Committee (CEC) has empowered Kharge to instrumentality a decision.

Some reports suggested that Rahul Gandhi whitethorn contention from Raebareli seat, with Priyanka Gandhi Vadra choosing not to contention elections. Priyanka will, instead, absorption connected campaigning for the enactment nationwide, according to a study successful India Today.

There is simply a beardown content wrong the Congress enactment that the lack of a Nehru-Gandhi family subordinate successful the Uttar Pradesh elections would nonstop a antagonistic governmental message, according to a report successful The Indian Express.

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Rahul, however, contested Lok Sabha Elections 2024 from Wayanad, a spot helium won with a sizeable borderline successful 2019. Voting successful Wayanad was held successful the 2nd signifier of Lok Sabha elections connected April 26.

Some Congress leaders besides consciousness that if Rahul Gandhi were to triumph some Wayanad and Amethi, helium would beryllium compelled to vacate 1 of the seats, a script that could perchance annoy the voters.

The Congress had been winning Amethi and Raebareli from 1999 until 2019 Lok Sabha Polls erstwhile Rahul Gandhi mislaid Amethi to Union Minister Smriti Irani. The Bharatiya Janata Party has erstwhile again fielded Irani from Amethi. Sonia Gandhi, who has been winning representing Raebareli, has decided to opt retired of Lok Sabha contention successful 2024.

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The Congress is contesting elections for Uttar Pradesh Lok Sabha seats successful confederation with the Samajwadi Party. The Congress has got 17 of the 80 seats from UP portion the remaining person been distributed among Samajwadi Party and different allies.

The past signifier of the Lok Sabha Election volition beryllium held connected June 1. The results volition beryllium declared connected June 4.

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Published: 01 May 2024, 04:00 PM IST