Is Rahul Gandhi PM candidate of INDIA bloc? Bhupesh Baghel says Raebareli not only choosing MP but...
Baghel took to X, formerly known as Twitter, to share a video clip of himself making the statement before a group of people. The Congress is part of the Opposition's INDIA bloc, which has not yet declared its prime minister candidate. This has prompted speculation that Rahul Gandhi is the coalition's candidate for the post of prime minister.
On the day the Congress released its manifesto for the Lok Sabha Elections, Rahul Gandhi was asked who the party's PM face could be—Rahul Gandhi himself or Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge. The question was asked since the Congress' manifesto displayed images of these two leaders in the front. “In 2009, Sonia Gandhi and Manmohan Singh's image was on the manifesto.
In a press conference [back then], they were asked who would be the PM's face. Sonia Gandhi then hid her face in the manifesto. Who's face will you hide this time? [yours or Kharge's]," someone had asked Gandhi at the press conference held on April 5.
Gandhi replied that the Opposition party coalition, INDIA bloc, will decide its prime minister candidate after winning the Lok Sabha Elections 2024. Rahul Gandhi, addressing the question of the Congress' prime minister candidate, explained, "The INDIA bloc has taken a collective decision. We are fighting an ideological election, and the coalition will collectively decide on the leader and prime minister after winning the elections." Rahul Gandhi is contesting the 2024 Lok Sabha Elections as a Congress candidate from Raebareli and Wayanad.
Gandhi mother Sonia Gandhi and grandmother Indira Gandhi, both have represented the Raebareli seat in the past. The Congress' opponent, the Bharatiya Janata Party's PM candidate, remains Prime Minister Narendra Modi. PM Modi is seeking a
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