Chunav Flashback: Uttar Pradesh’s Rae Bareli Lok Sabha seat has at all times been a Congress stronghold. The parliamentary constituency is represented by Congress patriarch Sonia Gandhi for practically twenty years now, since 2006.
As the Lok Sabha elections are underway in the nation, this time, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) goals to grab this key seat. Though BJP appears to seize the throne in Congress’ bastion, it isn’t like that the saffron camp has not won Rae Bareli in the previous.
In 1996 and 1998 Lok Sabha elections, BJP’s Ashok Singh claimed victory in Rae Bareli. In 1996, Ashok Singh defeated Janata Dal’s Ashok Singh and BSP’s Babulal Lodhi, whereas in 1998, he defeated Samajwadi Party’s Surendra Bahadur Singh.
Ashok Singh’s political journey
- 1987: Block Pramukh, Amawa, Rae Bareli
- 1989-92: Member, Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly (two phrases)
- 1996: Elected to eleventh Lok Sabha
- 1996-98: Member, Committee on Urban and Rural Development
- 1998: Re-elected to twelfth Lok Sabha (2nd time period)
- 1998-99: Member, Committee on Human Resource Development and its Sub-Committee on Drug Control, Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas and Chairman, District. Co-operative Bank Ltd. since 1994.
However, after 1998, the saffron occasion has not been capable of take maintain in Rae Bareli. Except Congress, BJP and Janata Party, no different occasion has ever claimed victory in Raebareli.
It’s one of many key seats in Uttar Pradesh as numerous Congress veterans together with Feroze Gandhi, Indira Gandhi, and Sonia Gandhi have fought elections from right here.
Sonia Gandhi is the incumbent MP from Raebareli, nevertheless, she has now switched to Rajya Sabha. With no Sonia Gandhi this time in Rae Bareli, BJP leaders are upbeat that they may be capable to win this seat.
Raebareli Lok Sabha Election 2024
BJP and Congress are in the direct contest in Rae Bareli however none of them has introduced their candidates up to now. Uttar Pradesh has a complete of 80 Lok Sabha seats. Polling in the state is going down in all of the seven phases.
Polling in Rae Bareli will happen in the fifth part on May 20.
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