Congress leader Rahul Gandhi will campaign in Karnataka on May 2 amid tension over his candidature from Amethi seat in Uttar Pradesh.
As per his campaign schedule, the Wayanad MP will address a public meeting at the Shimoga Lok Sabha seat at 1 pm where he is expected to discuss key issues and the party's agenda for the 2024 general elections. This will be followed by another public meeting in Raichur seat at 4.25 pm where he will interact with the voters.
The elections will take place in 14 seats in Karnataka in the third phase of the 2024 Lok Sabha elections on May 7.
Karnataka is crucial for the Congress as it is one of the three states where it is in power. The Congress won the parliamentary elections in Karnataka last year by defeating the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
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In the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, Congress had won only one of the state's 28 seats. The Bhartiya Janata Party-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) had won 25 Lok Sabha seats in Karnataka in 2019.
The Congress is expected to announce the names of its candidates for Amethi and Raebareli seats today, ending the suspense over whether Rahul Gandhi or his sister Priyanka Gandhi Vadra will contest from these two party districts or not. will engage.
These two seats will vote in the fifth phase of the 2024 Lok Sabha elections on May 20, and the last day for filing nominations for the fifth phase seats is May 3. Rahul Gandhi has a scheduled public meeting in Pune on May 3 as well.
The Congress leadership, including party president Mallikarjun Kharge, is heard to be making last-ditch efforts to convince Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, or at least one of the two siblings, to contest from the two seats that are considered party strongholds. But Rahul Gandhi does not want any member of the Nehru-Gandhi family, including himself, to be ejected from Amethi or Raebareli seats in Uttar Pradesh, reports say.
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However, Rahul contested the 2024 Lok Sabha elections from Wayanad, a seat he won in 2019 by a significant margin. Voting took place in Wayanad in the second phase of the Lok Sabha elections on April 26.
Elections will be held in 94 Lok Sabha constituencies across 12 states and union territories (UTs) in the third phase of general elections on May 7. The final phase of the elections will take place on June 1. The results will be announced on June 4.
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Published: May 2, 2024 08:26 IST