Lok Sabha polls: Robert Vadra to contest against Smriti Irani in Amethi? Priyanka Gandhi's husband says ‘I get requests’

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Lok Sabha Elections. ""...The people of Amethi expect me to represent their constituency if I decide to become a member of Parliament...For years, the Gandhi family worked hard in Rae Bareli, Amethi and Sultanpur...The people of Amethi are really troubled by the current Member of Parliament, they think they have made a mistake by electing her..." Vadra told news agency ANI. "Even I get requests from Amethi people that if I join politics, I should choose Amethi. I remember, my first political campaign with Priyanka was in Amethi in 1999," Robert Vadra said.

Hinting at his intentions to debut as a politicians, Robert Vadra said, "I want Priyanka (Gandhi) to become an MP first and then I feel I can also come". "I interact with people and there are MPs from different parties. They (MPs) ask me to come along with their party and ask me the reasons for the delay.

They also assure me of their support...So different parties across the country are asking me to come along...I have friendships with a lot of people above the party lines..." Vadra added. Robert Vadra's statement comes even as Congress has not yet declared candidates for Amethi and Rae Bareli. Congress MP Rahul Gandhi has lost Amethi seat to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Smriti Irani in the 2019 Lok Sabha Polls.

Further in Rae Bareli, the Congress bastion fell vacant after its MP Sonia Gandhi, decided to opt out of contesting Lok Sabha Polls. The former Congress president took oath as a Rajya Sabha MP from Rajasthan on Thursday, 4 April. Meanwhile, Union Minister Smriti Irani, on Thursday, came down heavily on Rahul Gandhi and alleged that he was taking support from the leaders of banned outfit Popular Front of India.