Rahul Gandhi vs Smriti Irani in Amethi? Congress leader Salman Khurshid has THIS update
Khurshid said, “The announcement will be made soon...Detailed discussions could not happen. Mallikarjun Kharge will announce it," ANI reported. Also Read: Congress struggles to reclaim Rae Bareli, Amethi amid voter disappointment with Rahul Gandhi: ‘Woh zamana gaya…’ It was earlier also stated that a final decision on the party's candidates for Amethi and Raebareli seats, considered strongholds of the Gandhi family, will be taken by Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge.
The ambivalence of the Congress leadership on the high-profile Amethi and Raebareli Lok Sabha seats, even though voting has already concluded for the first two phases of the Lok Sabha elections 2024, has also prompted the BJP to adopt a wait-and-watch stance vis-a-vis the election campaign. Polling is scheduled in Amethi and Rae Bareli Lok Sabha constituencies in the fifth phase of the Lok Sabha elections on May 20. Also Read: UP Congress asks Rahul, Priyanka to fight Amethi, Rae Bareli Lok Sabha seats; Sonia Gandhi responds by doing this Amethi and Raebareli are crucial for 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 once again the BJP candidate for Amethi. Before the 2019 defeat, Amethi was considered a stronghold of the Congress.
Notably, Robert Vadra, the industrialist husband of AICC general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, had indicated his inclination to contest from the Amethi parliamentary seat. The whole country wants him to enter active politics, an ANI report quoted Vadra as saying. Vadra also slammed Smriti Irani, the incumbent Member of Parliament from Amethi, claiming she has not kept her promises.
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