A decision has not yet been taken on who the Congress will make its candidate for the Amethi-Rae Bareli Lok Sabha seat. Rahul Gandhi has not yet agreed to contest elections from Amethi. Suspense continues on Rae Bareli also. In such a situation, the biggest question is that when will Congress be able to decide on the candidature for these two seats?
If sources are to be believed, till now Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi have not decided on contesting elections from Amethi and Rae Bareli. Talks are going on with both the leaders, but Rahul Gandhi has not agreed to contest the elections from Amethi. There are also clouds of trouble over Priyanka contesting from Rae Bareli, because Rahul and Priyanka do not consider it politically correct to have all three members of the same family in Parliament.
Sonia Gandhi is a Rajya Sabha member, while Rahul is contesting from Wayanad. At the same time, the party is appealing to both or either one of them to contest elections from Amethi/Rae Bareli because in the survey it is expected to gain not only on those two seats but also on other seats.
Yesterday i.e. on Monday evening, there was a long talk between Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge and Priyanka Gandhi in Gulbarga, Karnataka, but even till night, a decision regarding Amethi-Rae Bareli seat could not be taken. According to sources, earlier it was being said that the decision on the candidature of Rae Bareli-Amethi could come before Rahul Gandhi’s rally in Bhind.
When will the suspense on Amethi-Rae Bareli end?
Let us tell you that former National President of Congress Rahul Gandhi will visit Bhind on 30th April. He will address a public meeting here in favor of the Congress candidate from Bhind-Datia Lok Sabha seat. Actually, Congress has been fighting hard for these two seats for the last several days. But it has not yet been able to decide who will be its candidates on these two seats?
It has been speculated for months that the party may field Rahul Gandhi from Amethi and Priyanka Gandhi from Rae Bareli. But the final approval has not been given yet. Let us tell you that voting on these seats is on May 20 in the fifth phase. Nomination has started from 26th April, while its last date is 4th May. In this situation, only four days are left. Everyone’s marriage is stuck on Rahul-Priyanka.
Amethi and Rae Bareli are traditional seats of Gandhi family.
Amethi and Rae Bareli have been the traditional seats of the Gandhi family. From Firoz Gandhi to Sanjay Gandhi, Rajiv Gandhi, Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi have represented the Amethi seat. At the same time, if we talk about Rae Bareli seat, here too the Gandhi family has been in control. Here also Feroze Gandhi, Indira Gandhi and Sonia Gandhi have represented. Sonia was the MP here from 2004 to 2019.
At the same time, now Sonia Gandhi has gone to Rajya Sabha. After this, there is talk of contesting Priyanka Gandhi on this seat. But Congress has still maintained suspense on this seat. In such a situation, it will be interesting to see whether the face of Gandhi family will be on these two seats or the party will bet on someone else.
Voting on 14 seats of UP in the fifth phase
Voting is taking place on 14 seats of UP in the fifth phase. These seats include Amethi, Rae Bareli, Kaiserganj, Lucknow, Faizabad, Mohanlalganj, Jalaun, Jhansi, Kaushambi, Barabanki, Gonda, Hamirpur, Banda and Fatehpur.