Lok Sabha Election 2024: BJP has made Uttar Pradesh government minister Dinesh Pratap Singh its candidate from Rae Bareli Lok Sabha seat, which is considered a Congress stronghold. He is going to face Congress leader Rahul Gandhi. Congress has made Rahul its candidate from Rae Bareli and Kishori Lal Sharma from Amethi.
Dinesh Pratap Singh, who started his political career as a block chief, is currently the Minister of State with Independent Charge in the Yogi Adityanath government. He started his political career from Samajwadi Party in 2004.
Started political journey from SP
In 2004, he contested the Legislative Council elections on behalf of the Samajwadi Party. After this, in 2007, he contested the UP Assembly elections from Tiloi constituency on Bahujan Samaj Party ticket, but had to face defeat. After this Dinesh Pratap Singh tried his luck in Congress. Kan
Became councilor for the first time in 2010 on Grace ticket. In 2011, his sister-in-law became the District Panchayat President. In 2016, he once again became a councilor on Congress ticket and his brother became the District Panchayat President. Not only this, one of his brothers became MLA from Harchandpur on Congress ticket in 2017.
Have contested elections against Sonia Gandhi in 2019
Dinesh Pratap Singh joined BJP in 2019 and contested against Sonia Gandhi in the Lok Sabha elections. Although he did not win from here, he attracted everyone’s attention by securing around four lakh votes.
Rae Bareli is no longer a Congress stronghold: Dinesh Pratap
After getting the ticket, Dinesh Pratap Singh said, “BJP has trusted a small worker like me and for this I thank the party. I promise that I will not let this trust be lost.” He further said that Rae Bareli might have once been a stronghold of Congress, but since Modi ji has taken charge of the country, I can say that not a single village head of Congress has been able to win even the District Panchayat elections in Rae Bareli. Now Rae Bareli is a stronghold of BJP.”
‘Fake Gandhians broke the trust of Rae Bareli’
He said, “If I can contest against Sonia and give her a tough challenge then how can Priyanka Gandhi compete. She has no Indian values and is away from our culture. If she comes then she will definitely Will have to face defeat.”