Amethi: Union Minister and BJP MP from Amethi, Smriti Irani on Monday launched a scathing assault on Congress chief Rahul Gandhi and dared him to contest the 2024 Lok Sabha elections from her constituency the place she defeated him within the 2019 basic elections. Irani made these remarks throughout a Jan Samwad in her Lok Sabha constituency – Amethi.
Irani is in Amethi as a part of a four-day go to to her parliamentary constituency. Interestingly, former Congress president Rahul Gandhi’s Bharat Jodo Yatra additionally entered Amethi – the erstwhile bastion of the Congress occasion.
Amethi was a Congress stronghold in Uttar Pradesh, the place Rahul Gandhi misplaced to Smriti Irani by a margin of round 55,000 votes within the 2019 elections. At 80 seats, Uttar Pradesh sends essentially the most variety of MPs to parliament. In the final basic elections, the Congress secured only one seat – Raebareli by Sonia Gandhi. While Rahul Gandhi misplaced in Amethi, he received by a giant margin in faraway Wayanad.
The Congress remains to be undecided on whether or not Rahul Gandhi will try regaining the Congress stronghold particularly since Sonia Gandhi has additionally left Rae Bareili for the Rajya Sabha. “CEC will decide on who will contest from Amethi. Rahul Gandhi has been an MP from Amethi thrice. His father Rajiv Gandhi also used to contest from Amethi. It is a very important constituency for the Congress party…” mentioned Congress chief Jairam Ramesh.
Ahead of Rahul Gandhi’s scheduled go to to Pratapgarh, Congress MP Imran Pratapgarhi mentioned, “Amethi is the home of Rahul Gandhi. He has been a member of parliament from here. He is the son of Amethi. Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra is going to have a huge impact on Uttar Pradesh and the country…”
Congress chief Rahul Gandhi on Monday resumed the Yatra from Pratapgarh, Uttar Pradesh attacking the BJP for not doing sufficient for the backward courses. “Tell me how many Dalits, Adivasis, and backward people are there in high courts? You don’t have courage, you all are sleeping. There are 650 high court judges. You have 73% of the population…Tell me how many people do you have among the bureaucrats?…” mentioned Rahul Gandhi at Pratapgarh.
Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge and Rahul Gandhi will tackle a public rally in Babuganj on Monday. “Today is the 37th day of Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra. Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge and Rahul Gandhi will address a public rally in Babuganj. We will stay in Amethi tonight and reach Raebareli tomorrow morning. We will stay in Lucknow tomorrow and in Kanpur the day after. Then, we will take 2 days’ rest on 22nd and 23rd February…” mentioned Congress chief, Jairam Ramesh.
The Congress’s ‘Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra’, succeeded by the occasion’s ‘Bharat Jodo Yatra’, goals to cowl 6,700 km via 15 states, with Lok Sabha polls across the nook.
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