Lok Sabha Elections 2024: As Congress dithered over the choice of its candidate for the prestigious Amethi Lok Sabha seat, senior Congress leader Salman Khurshid shared insights on whether Rahul Gandhi would contest from the constituency, once considered a bastion of the side.
Khurshid said: “The announcement will be made soon…Detailed discussions could not take place. Mallikarjun Kharge will announce it,” ANI reported.
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It was also stated earlier that a final decision on the party's candidates for Amethi and Raebareli seats, considered to be strongholds of the Gandhi family, will be taken by Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge.
The Congress leadership's ambivalence over the high-profile Amethi and Raebareli Lok Sabha seats, even as voting for the first two phases of the 2024 Lok Sabha elections has already been completed, has also prompted the BJP to take a wait-and-see approach to assume. versus the election campaign. Elections are scheduled in Amethi and Rae Bareli Lok Sabha constituencies in the fifth phase of Lok Sabha elections on May 20.
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Amethi and Raebareli are crucial for the Congress in the upcoming elections. Rahul Gandhi lost the Amethi seat to Union minister and BJP leader Smriti Irani in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections. Irani is again the BJP candidate for Amethi. Before the 2019 defeat, Amethi was considered a Congress stronghold.
Notably, Robert Vadra, the industrialist husband of AICC general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, had indicated his willingness to contest from the Amethi parliamentary seat. The entire country wants him to enter active politics ANI report quoted Vadra as saying.
Vadra also slammed Smriti Irani, the sitting MP from Amethi, claiming that she has not kept her promises.
“The voice comes from all over the country. They want me to join active politics because I have always been among the people of the country. People always want me to be there in their region. I have campaigned there (Amethi) since 1999. Smriti Irani, the sitting MP from Amethi, has not kept her promises,” Vadra said last Friday, when asked whether he would contest from the Amethi Lok Sabha seat.
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Uttar Pradesh, which elects 80 members to Parliament – the most of any state – votes in all seven phases of the Lok Sabha elections.
The polls in Uttar Pradesh are spread over the seven phases that started on April 19 and end on June 1. The count will take place on June 4.
(With input from agencies)
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Published: Apr 29, 2024 08:57 AM IST