Lok sabha election 2024 rahul, priyanka want to contest Raebareli constituency!

Congress top sources say that both rahul gandhi and priyanka gandhi want to contest the Raebareli lok sabha seat in Uttar Pradesh.Parliamentary lok sabha elections are going on. Voting for 543 constituencies across the country will be held in 7 phases. While the first phase of polling for 109 constituencies ended on the 19th, the second phase of polling will be held on the 26th (tomorrow). The country is gearing up for the next round of voting.In all the states, the alliance between the political parties, the seat allocation has been completed and the candidates are being announced. In that way, the congress and Samajwadi parties, which are part of India's alliance, are contesting in Uttar Pradesh, the country's largest state with a total of 80 constituencies. In the state, the Samajwadi party is contesting 62 seats and the congress party in 17 seats. Uttar Pradesh, which is a major force in determining who will form the government at the Centre, is the most watched and important state in the lok sabha elections. As polling is going to be held in 7 phases in the state, the congress party has announced the list of candidates for the constituencies other than Raebareli and Amethi lok sabha constituencies, the stronghold of the congress scene.

As the nominations for these two constituencies begin tomorrow, it is expected that priyanka gandhi will contest in Rae bareli and rahul gandhi in Amethi on behalf of the Congress. Similarly, priyanka Gandhi's husband Robert Vadera's name is also being gossiped about in the Amethi constituency. In this background, Congress's top sources say that both rahul gandhi and priyanka gandhi want to contest from Raebareli lok sabha seat in Uttar Pradesh. The sources also say that this is the reason for the delay in the announcement of congress candidates in these constituencies. sonia gandhi has served as mp for Rae bareli constituency for 20 consecutive years from 2004 till now. congress MPs have won 12 times before that. In particular, former prime minister Indira gandhi has won the Rae bareli constituency and has been an mp for 3 times. Indira Gandhi's husband Feroze gandhi won the Rae bareli constituency in the first lok sabha election after independence. sonia gandhi, the sitting mp from Raebareli constituency, has been elected to the rajya sabha from the state of Rajasthan. It may be recalled that sonia gandhi also wrote a letter thanking the people of Rae bareli saying that she did not contest the upcoming lok sabha elections due to her age. Also, many members of the party are insisting that only members of the gandhi family should contest in the Rae bareli constituency.

In this situation, congress top sources say that both rahul gandhi and priyanka gandhi want to contest for the Raebareli lok sabha seat, which is traditional for the congress party, especially the gandhi family. In this, priyanka gandhi is yet to enter electoral politics. His arrival has been awaited by the party for a long time. But, he remains unyielding. While the party members are confident that he will definitely field in this election, they say that if he contests in his mother's Raebareli constituency, it will be an added strength. On the other hand, rahul gandhi is again contesting from wayanad constituency in kerala state, which he won last time. In the last 2019 lok sabha elections, rahul gandhi contested from two constituencies namely wayanad and Amethi. But he lost to bjp candidate smriti irani in Amethi. rahul gandhi, who contested his father Rajiv Gandhi's Amethi constituency for the first time in 2004 and won continuously till 2014. However, he lost to BJP's smriti irani in the 2019 elections. Criticisms were made at that time that rahul gandhi contested in two seats after predicting this. As Uttar Pradesh is sensitive and close to rahul and the congress leadership, it is said that this time rahul gandhi will contest from a constituency in Uttar Pradesh. It seems that an official announcement regarding this will be made after the lok sabha elections in kerala are over tomorrow. It is noteworthy that even in an interview given by prime minister Modi to Asianet news recently, he had predicted that rahul gandhi would contest from another constituency.