Lok Sabha Elections 2024: The Congress Party is expected to announce its candidates for Amethi and Raebareli Lok Sabha constituencies today, May 2. Expectations are high as speculation is rife over the names of Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi for the Amethi and Raebareli seats. respectively.
Congress General Secretary Jairam Ramesh has subtly suggested that the final decision lies with the Gandhi siblings.
Jairam Ramesh emphasized that the decision for Rahul and Priyanka Gandhi to contest from the Amethi and Raebareli seats would be “their personal choice”. He announced that the Congress Party is expected to announce its candidates for Raebareli and Amethi Lok Sabha seats this evening.
Today is the deadline for filing nominations for phase 3 of the 2024 Lok Sabha elections.
Jairam Ramesh said the CEC has placed full responsibility on the party president. “I believe there will be an official announcement today tonight. We want Rahul Gandhi from Amethi and Priyanka Gandhi from Raebareli to participate, but they have to hold election campaigns across the country,” Ramesh told. ANI.
“Both of them are our best campaigners but the CEC, the Congress organization and the Congress workers want Rahul Gandhi to contest Amethi and Priyanka Gandhi to contest Raebareli. However, it is their personal choice. They have to decide,” Ramesh added.
Amethi and Raebareli in Uttar Pradesh are considered Congress strongholds even as Rahul Gandhi lost the Amethi seat to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Smriti Irani in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections.
Rae Bareli constituency was represented by Sonia Gandhi from 2004 to 2024. Earlier this year, the former Congress leader moved to the Rajya Sabha.
According to a PTI According to the report, Rahul Gandhi was not keen on the idea of Sister Priyanka Gandhi making her debut in electoral politics through Amethi. The report said that Rahul Gandhi has been reluctant to consider Prime Minister Narendra Modi's criticism of dynasty politics against Congress leaders.
The PTI report adds that Rahul Gandhi also does not want to avoid any member of the Gandhi family in Parliament.
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Published: May 2, 2024 4:49 PM IST