The Uttar Pradesh Congress Committee is eager to discipline senior chief Priyanka Gandhi Vadra from Varanasi and can quickly ship a proposal on this regard to the highest management, stated newly appointed celebration’s state president Ajay Rai on Sunday.
Rai has misplaced three Lok Sabha elections from Varanasi — as a Congress candidate in 2014 and 2019 to Prime Minister Narendra Modi — and as a Samajwadi Occasion candidate to BJP stalwart Murli Manohar Joshi in 2009.
”We wish Priyanka Gandhi to contest the Lok Sabha elections from Varanasi. For this, we are going to quickly ship a proposal to the celebration management,” Rai, who just lately took over because the state Congress president, advised PTI.
“Priyanka Gandhi can contest from any seat she desires and we are going to make her win the elections with all our would possibly, however we want that she contests from Varanasi,” he added.
Varanasi is the parliamentary constituency of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Modi was elected from Varanasi for the second consecutive time in 2019 and there's a robust chance of him contesting from the identical seat in 2024 as nicely.
Requested what message the Congress desires to ship by desirous to pit Priyanka Gandhi in opposition to Modi, Rai stated, ”The one message it's making an attempt to ship is that there's somebody standing robust in opposition to him (Modi).” The Varanasi Lok Sabha constituency has been a BJP stronghold since 1991, with the Congress successful it solely as soon as in 2004. The seat remained with the BJP within the Lok Sabha elections of 1991, 1996, 1998 and 1999, and likewise within the mid-term elections.
Rajesh Kumar Mishra of the Congress was elected from the seat in 2004, however BJP received again the constituency in 2009.
Varanasi, situated in Purvanchal, has a large affect over the area increasing throughout jap Uttar Pradesh as much as western Bihar.
Rai (53) was pitted in opposition to Modi within the 2014 and 2019 polls because the Congress candidate from Varanasi and acquired 75,614 votes and 1,52,548 votes.
The brand new state Congress chief had contested from the identical seat on a Samajwadi Occasion ticket in 2009 and acquired 1,23,874 votes. Rai, who's seen as a ’bahubali’ (strongman) chief, is a five-time MLA.
Speaking about the opportunity of former celebration president Rahul Gandhi contesting from Amethi, Rai stated, ”The individuals of Amethi are demanding that Rahul ji contest from this seat. The general public is angered by the unfulfilled guarantees and dealing type of BJP MP Smriti Irani they usually now need Rahul Gandhi once more.” Former Congress president Rahul Gandhi had contested the 2019 normal elections from Amethi in Uttar Pradesh and Wayanad in Kerala. He misplaced Amethi to BJP chief Smriti Irani.
Rai stated the opposition ought to contest the following Lok Sabha polls beneath the Congress’ management in Uttar Pradesh too as within the nationwide degree elections.
He stated individuals would search for an alternative choice to the BJP, which is definitely the Congress.
”See this can be a national-level election. At this stage individuals will search for an alternative choice to the BJP, which is of course the Congress,” stated Rai when requested what form the INDIA bloc will absorb Uttar Pradesh and whether or not the Lok Sabha elections can be fought beneath the management of the principle opposition Samajwadi Occasion.
”Subsequently, I'm certain the Lok Sabha elections in Uttar Pradesh may also be fought beneath the management of the Congress. Nevertheless, the ultimate resolution on this regard can be taken by the central management,” he added.
Refusing that there was a decline of consideration of the Congress’ high management in Uttar Pradesh, Rai stated that is an important state from the political perspective and has at all times been their precedence.
He added that Rahul Gandhi, Priyanka Gandhi and former celebration chief Sonia Gandhi would quickly change into extra energetic within the state.
When requested in regards to the challenges the Congress will face if the politics of caste equations dominates in Uttar Pradesh, Rai stated, ”The Congress has by no means completed politics of caste or faith. It has at all times performed the politics of points. Within the subsequent Lok Sabha elections, we are going to go among the many individuals on fundamental points like unemployment, value rise and corruption.” The Congress chief claimed the communal politics within the nation is now slowly shedding its impact and the persons are troubled by the rising inflation and unemployment.
The BJP is nervous about this and the statements of its high management present its trepidation, he stated.
When requested in regards to the main challenges that he's dealing with because the state Congress president, Rai stated, ”Some loopholes had cropped up within the celebration organisation in recent times, however they may now be utterly rectified and younger in addition to senior leaders can be introduced in. alongside, the Congress will work onerous within the elections.” The Congress has been away from energy in Uttar Pradesh for greater than three many years. The celebration received its final election within the state in 1985.
It has only one member in Lok Sabha (Rae Bareli MP Sonia Gandhi) from the politically essential state that sends 80 MPs to the 543-member Decrease Home of Parliament.
Within the state meeting elections held final 12 months, the Congress registered its worst efficiency because the celebration was decreased to simply two seats.
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