Rahul Gandhi will seek election from Amethi in 2024 Lok Sabha elections: Ajay Rai
MUMBAI: Former Congress president Rahul Gandhi will once again seek election from his traditional seat of Amethi in the upcoming 2024 Lok Sabha elections, Uttar Pradesh Congress (UPCCI) President Ajay Rai confirmed on Tuesday.
Rai emphasized the Gandhi family’s deep connection to Amethi and asserted Rahul Gandhi’s unwavering commitment to the people of the constituency. This announcement sets the stage for a high-stakes electoral battle as Rahul Gandhi faces off against Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and Union Minister Smriti Irani, who defeated him in the 2019 elections, as per a news report carried by IANS.
In the 2019 parliamentary polls, in an embarrassing upset for the Congress, Rahul Gandhi lost the Amethi seat to the BJP’s Smriti Irani by a margin of over 55,000 votes. However, he had bagged the Wayanad seat in Kerala with a handsome margin of over 4.31 lakh votes to enter the Lok Sabha from South India for the first time. This is the second time that Rai spoke about Rahul Gandhi’s possibility of returning to his old bastion, Amethi, after his previous statement to the effect in August in Lucknow.
Accompanied by Mumbai Congress President Varsha Gaikwad and others, Rai slammed the ruling BJP at the Centre and state for attempting to cash in on the opening of the Ram Temple by turning it into a political event.
“The construction of the Ram Temple is a matter of faith, not making it into a mega event. If there is enough faith, even a single lamp and solitary flower are sufficient.
(Bureau Report with ANI Inputs).
