New Delhi: Ahead of the third part of the 2024 Lok Sabha election, the looming query in politics revolves round whether or not Rahul Gandhi will vie for elections in Amethi. Will he select Amethi, Rae Bareli, or abstain from each?
In Today’s DNA, Zee News anchor Sourabh Raaj Jain analysed the rationale behind Congress’ delay within the announcement of candidates for Amethi and Rae Bareli Lok Sabha seats.
With lower than 45 hours remaining till nominations shut in Amethi, the deadline looms nearer—May 3 marks the ultimate day. However, right this moment’s information hints that the Congress occasion would possibly resolve on Rahul Gandhi’s candidacy in Amethi by tomorrow afternoon.
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Speculation arose on April 25 suggesting that following the conclusion of the Wayanad elections on the twenty sixth, an announcement would possibly declare Rahul Gandhi’s candidacy in Amethi and Priyanka Vadra’s in Rae Bareli on the twenty seventh. Despite subsequent conferences of the Congress Election Committee and the discharge of two occasion lists, Rahul Gandhi’s identify remained conspicuously absent.
Should Rahul Gandhi resolve to contest from Amethi, it will mark his third electoral face-off towards BJP’s Smriti Irani, with one victory apiece. While Rahul emerged victorious in 2014, Smriti Irani clinched the seat in 2019.
Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge has been assuring that after the candidate is finalized, it would swiftly come to him for endorsement, clarifying the uncertainty surrounding Rahul Gandhi’s candidacy, paying homage to his father Rajiv Gandhi’s debut election.
In 1981, following negotiations and amid hypothesis after Sanjay Gandhi’s demise, Rajiv Gandhi swiftly entered politics. His candidacy was promptly introduced on the day of becoming a member of Congress, as he filed his nomination in Amethi, managing to submit the shape halfway by the nomination course of. In the 1981 elections, Rajiv Gandhi secured victory over Sharad Yadav of Lok Dal by a considerable margin of two,37,000 votes.
However, ought to Rahul Gandhi’s announcement happen tomorrow, he can have a mere 24 hours left for nomination.
