The Congress social gathering is as we speak holding an important meet to finalise candidates some essential Lok Sabha seats together with Amethi and Rae Bareli in Uttar Pradesh. The social gathering is more likely to discipline Rahul Gandhi from Amethi whereas Priyanka Gandhi from Rae Bareli. While the BJP has renominated Smriti Irani from Amethi, it is but to announce its candidate from Rae Bareli. Sonia Gandhi, who received from the Rae Bareli in 2009, 2014 and 2019, vacated the seat this time as she went to Rajya Sabha from Rajasthan. If Congress fields Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, it will likely be her first political contest ever. While she has been dealing with campaigning for the social gathering for greater than 10 years, she has not been fielded by the social gathering thus far. The Congress Election Committee as we speak mentioned the proposal to appoint these two leaders from the UP seats and a proper determination is probably going quickly. Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge is more likely to make the formal announcement in a day or two.
This will set the stage for a high-voltage battle in Amethi the place large killer Smriti Irani will as soon as once more tackle Rahul Gandhi. All eyes are additionally now on the BJP to see whom the social gathering fields from Rae Bareli. Both the seats will go to the polls on May 20 within the fifth section.Â
Rae Bareli Seat History
Rae Bareli has been the stronghold of the Congress social gathering. In 1952 and 1957, Feroz Gandhi received the seat. After his demise, Indira Gandhi contested the seat in 1967, 1971, 1977 and 1980 profitable on three events aside from the 1977 polls after the emergency.
After Indira Gandhi’s homicide, the seat remained with Nehru-Gandhi members of the family. In 1996 and 1998, the BJP bagged the seat. However, the Congress snatched the seat again in 1999. In 2004, Sonia Gandhi shifted to Rae Bareli from Amethi and retained the seat in 2004, 2009, 2014 and 2019. However, the Congress social gathering’s vote share slipped to round 55 per cent in 2019 from round 72 per cent in 2009. On the opposite hand, the BJP’s vote share elevated to 38 per cent in 2019 from simply round 3 per cent in 2009.
Amethi Seat History
The Gandhi household first contested from Amethi in 1977 however Sanjay Gandhi misplaced the seat. However, he bagged the seat in 1980. After he died in a airplane crash, Rajiv Gandhi bagged the seat in 1981. Rajiv retained the seat in 1984, 1989 and 1991. After his homicide, the 1991 by-poll, 1996 and 1998 Amethi elections have been received by the household’s shut confidants. Sonia Gandhi first contested from the Amethi seat in 1999 and received the ballot. Rahul Gandhi bagged the seat in 2004, 2009 and 2014. He misplaced to Smriti Irani in 2019 however received from Kerala’s Wayanad. Just like Rae Bareli, the Congress vote share has additionally decreased on the Amethi seat from 71.8 per cent in 2009 to 43.9 per cent in 2019. On the opposite hand, the BJP which received 5.8% votes in 2009, elevated its vote share to 49% in 2019.Â
Why Rahul And Priyanka?
The Congress social gathering has been going through a management disaster in Uttar Pradesh. After Rahul Gandhi’s 2019 defeat and Sonia Gandhi’s exit from Rae Bareli, the Congress cadre has been feeling demoralised. Even the BJP was concentrating on the Congress social gathering over these points. The nomination of Rahul and Priyanka from these two seats won’t solely increase the morale of the cadre however can even ship out a message that they’re taking the BJP head-on. This will give the Congress social gathering a much-needed increase to the social gathering in Uttar Pradesh, which is commonly thought-about key to energy in Delhi because the state has 80 Lok Sabha seats.
