Rahul Gandhi From Amethi? Congress UP Chief Goes From "Positively" To...
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Rahul Gandhi had misplaced the Amethi seat to Smriti Irani in 2019.
Hours after asserting that Rahul Gandhi would "undoubtedly" contest the 2024 Lok Sabha polls from Amethi, Uttar Pradesh Congress chief Ajay Rai appeared to qualify his assertion and stated this was the demand of the folks of the constituency. Mr Rai was named the state Congress president yesterday.
Answering a reporter's query earlier within the day, the brand new state chief stated, "Rahul Gandhi will certainly contest the Lok Sabha election from Amethi, the folks of Amethi are right here."
When he was requested the identical query hours later, nonetheless, Mr Rai's reply was just a little totally different. "The Congress staff and other people of Amethi are demanding that they wish to right their mistake and guarantee an enormous victory for Rahul Gandhi," he stated.
Prodded additional and requested whether or not Mr Gandhi wished to contest from the seat, he reiterated, "That is the demand of the folks and the employees."
In an enormous upset, Mr Gandhi, who had been elected as an MP from the household bastion of Amethi thrice since 2004, had misplaced to the BJP's Smriti Irani in 2019. He had contested from Wayanad in Kerala as nicely, and gained by a giant margin.
Mr Rai claimed the folks of Amethi at the moment are upset. "Smriti Irani had promised them sugar at Rs 13 a kg in the event that they voted for her and the BJP. They're now questioning the place that sugar went."
Earlier within the day, Mr Rai - who had contested unsuccessfully towards Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Varanasi within the 2014 and 2019 Lok Sabha Polls - had additionally stated, "If Priyanka Gandhi says she needs to contest from Varanasi, each single employee will work wholeheartedly for her."
Mr Rai was appointed the Congress Uttar Pradesh president yesterday and had changed Dalit chief Brijlal Khabri.
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