The Congress has stored the suspense going for Amethi and Raebareli constituencies, not naming candidates for them within the newest checklist of names for the Lok Sabha elections launched on Tuesday.
With only a day left for the submitting of nominations for Phase 5 of the Lok Sabha elections, the suspense continued over the Congress’ candidates for the Amethi and Raebareli constituencies of Uttar Pradesh, as soon as thought of a stronghold of the Nehru-Gandhi household.
According to sources, Congress chief Rahul Gandhi, who’s already on the Congress ticket from Wayanad in Kerala, which polled within the second part on April 26, is prone to put himself within the fray from Amethi as effectively.
Rahul’s candidature from the seat he misplaced to Union Minister and BJP chief Smriti Irani in 2019 shall be formally introduced on Thursday, and he’ll file his nomination from the constituency on Friday, sources mentioned.
The sources added that together with Congress leaders, its companions within the INDIA bloc additionally advised that Rahul contest Amethi.
“They also proposed Priyanka Gandhi Vadra as the candidate from Raebareli,” a supply mentioned.
The Samajwadi Party (SP), which earlier introduced a seat-sharing pact with the grand outdated celebration in Uttar Pradesh, advised Congress nationwide president Mallikarjun Kharge that after its supremo Akhilesh Yadav’s decision to contest Kannauj, Rahul’s entry into the fray alongside along with his sister Priyanka could carry surprising electoral dividend to the Opposition bloc, sources mentioned.
“Kharge told Sonia Gandhi that the party and he, himself, was in favour of Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka contesting the elections (from Amethi and Raebareli),” the supply added.
However, including to the intrigue across the Congress’ selection of candidates for these two constituencies, sources claimed that whilst Rahul and Priyanka seem reluctant to contest Amethi and Raebareli, Kharge insisted that at the least certainly one of them enter the fray.
At the celebration’s committee assembly just lately, the Congress’ UP unit formally moved a proposal that members of the Gandhi household ought to contest the Amethi and Raibareli seats and a final decision within the matter was left to Kharge.
The Congress has not but put out any official assertion on its selection of nominees from Amethi and Raebareli, which have been thought of the celebration’s strongholds till the 2019 elections.
Earlier, Congress chief KL Sharma advised ANI, “Today, we had a meeting in Amethi and Raebareli as the party is still undecided on its choice of candidates from these two constituencies. People expect someone from the Gandhi family to contest (these seats) and I, too, feel the same. Since the last date for filing nominations is May 3 (Friday), we had to rush through the preparations. Hence, two meetings were held today (in Amethi and Raebareli).”
Addressing reporters on Wednesday, senior Congress chief Jairam Ramesh mentioned, “The Central Election Committee (CEC) has empowered our party president Mallikarjun Kharge to take a final call on our candidates for Amethi and Raebareli. I expect a formal announcement to be made in the next 24 to 30 hours.”
The Congress, which is contesting 17 Lok Sabha seats in Uttar Pradesh as a part of the seat-sharing take care of the Samajwadi Party (SP), has introduced candidates for all of the seats barring Amethi and Raebareli.Amethi is scheduled to ballot within the fifth part on May 20, with the final date for submitting nominations scheduled on May 3.
Rahul’s defeat in Amethi, as soon as thought of a Congress ‘pocket borough’, by the hands of Irani within the 2019 polls was seen as a major blow to the celebration’s nationwide status.
Rahul represented Amethi within the Lok Sabha from 2004 to 2019. His father and former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi, too, was an elected member of Amethi within the Lower House from 1981 until his demise in 1991. Sonia Gandhi contested elections from right here in 1999 earlier than passing the baton on to Rahul in 2004. Rahul presently represents Wayanad within the Lok Sabha whereas Irani is bidding for a recent time period from Amethi.
(This story has not been edited by DNA workers and is printed from ANI)
