Lok Sabha Elections 2024: Rahul Gandhi campaigns in Karnataka today amid suspense over Congress's Amethi candidate

According to his run schedule, the Wayanad subordinate of parliament (MP) volition code a nationalist gathering successful Shimoga Lok Sabha spot astatine 1 pm, wherever helium is expected to sermon cardinal issues and party's docket for wide elections 2024. This volition beryllium followed by different nationalist gathering successful Raichur spot astatine 4.25 pm, wherever helium volition interact with voters and question their support. 

Fourteen seats of Karnataka are going to polls successful the 3rd signifier of Lok Sabha Election 2024 on May 7. 

Karnataka is important for the Congress enactment since it is 1 of the 3 states wherever it is successful power. The Congress won the Karnataka assembly elections defeating the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) past year. 

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In 2019 Lok Sabha election, the Congress had won conscionable 1 of the 28 seats from the state.  The Bhartiya Janata Party-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) had won 25 Lok Sabha seats successful Karnataka successful 2019. 

The Congress enactment is expected to denote the names of its candidates for the Amethi and Raebareli seats today, possibly ending the suspense implicit whether oregon not Rahul Gandhi oregon his sister Priyanka Gandhi Vadra volition participate the fray from these 2 enactment pouch boroughs. 

These 2 seats volition ballot successful the 5th signifier of the Lok Sabha Elections 2024 connected May 20, and the past time for filing nominations for the seats successful the 5th signifier is May 3. Rahul Gandhi has a scheduled nationalist rally successful Pune connected May 3 arsenic well. 

 The Congress leadership, including enactment President Mallikarjun 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. But  Rahul Gandhi doesn’t privation immoderate household subordinate of the Nehru-Gandhi family, including himself, to beryllium fielded from Amethi oregon Raebareli seats successful Uttar Pradesh, according to reports.

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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.

Polling volition beryllium held successful 94 Lok Sabha constituencies crossed 12 states and national territories (UTs) successful 3rd signifier of wide elections connected May 7. The past signifier of elections volition beryllium held connected June 1. The results volition beryllium announced connected June 4. 

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Published: 02 May 2024, 08:26 AM IST