New Delhi: BJP Lok Sabha MP and Union Minister, Smriti Irani, on Monday challenged Congress chief Rahul Gandhi to contest the upcoming Parliamentary Polls from Amethi. She accused him of fleeing Amethi in 2019, saying that if he’s assured, then he ought to contest from this seat solely and never from another seat.
Rahul Vs Irani From Amethi Again?
Yesterday, Rahul led his Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra to Amethi, regardless of Congress dropping its foothold. After which, speculations of Rahul Gandhi working from Amethi are being made once more. Irani is assured about working for re-election and is presently engaged in a four-day tour of her constituency, to organise the grah pravesh of her newly constructed home in Gauriganj. The Congress social gathering remains to be not sure about selecting Gandhi as its candidate from Amethi as Party Leader. Jairam Ramesh stated {that a} closing determination will probably be taken by the social gathering’s key ballot physique, the Central Election Committee (CEC).
2019 Poll Results
In 2019, whereas Smrirt Irani contested from Amethi alone, Rahul Gandhi contested from two seats: UP’s Amethi and Kerela’s Wayanad. While he misplaced from Amethi however gained Wayanad, retaining his Lok Sabha membership.
Nyay Yatra To Be Paused
Meanwhile, Gandhi will pause his Yatra Tuesday to seem earlier than the MP/MLA courtroom in Sultanpur, the place he’s going through a defamation case filed towards him in 2018. According to his lawyer, Kashi Prasad Shukla, Gandhi is charged with making derogatory remarks towards Home Minister Amit Shah, who was the BJP’s National President on the time.
Shah-Rahul Defamation Case
A warrant towards Gandhi was issued by the courtroom within the case on December 16, 2023. The defamation case originates from allegations by Vijay Mishra, a resident of Hanumanganj in Kotwali Dehat, Uttar Pradesh, who claimed that Gandhi made objectionable remarks towards Shah throughout a press convention in Bangalore on July 15, 2018. Mishra’s lawyer, Santosh Pandey, filed the criticism, resulting in the issuance of the December warrant towards Gandhi.
