Congress leader Rahul Gandhi had won both Wayanad and Rae Bareli seats in the recently held Lok Sabha elections. After this, speculations have started about which seat Rahul Gandhi will leave between Wayanad and Rae Bareli. Meanwhile, top Congress sources have told News 18 that Rahul Gandhi may resign from the Wayanad seat.
In such a situation, the biggest question is that if he leaves Wayanad, then whom will he field from there. Because Wayanad has been very important in Rahul Gandhi’s political career. He reached Parliament by winning from here in 2019, while in Amethi he had to face defeat at the hands of Smriti Irani.
According to sources, Rahul Gandhi may field his sister Priyanka Gandhi Vadra from Wayanad. He had earlier said in a rally that if his sister Priyanka had contested against PM Narendra Modi in Banaras, he would have lost by two to two and a half lakh votes. In fact, this time PM Modi’s margin of victory in Banaras was very less. He won by about 1.52 lakh votes. Whereas earlier it was expected that he would win by more than five lakh votes.
Rahul may leave Wayanad
Sources claim and indications are clear that Rahul Gandhi may resign from Wayanad while he will retain his membership from Rae Bareli seat of UP. The logic behind this is that the Gandhi family has had a long political relationship with UP. Before Rahul, Sonia Gandhi, before her Indira Gandhi, before her Feroze Gandhi have been MPs from here. Anyway, UP is important in terms of politics in the entire country, although there is talk of Priyanka Gandhi contesting elections from Wayanad, while sources are claiming that Priyanka Gandhi has not agreed to this.
Rahul Gandhi had organized a rally in Wayanad to thank his supporters. In this program, he said that he will take such a decision that will keep the people of both the places happy. This has led to speculations that Rahul may field Priyanka from here, although Priyanka Gandhi has not yet agreed.
Tags: Congress, Rahul Gandhi
FIRST PUBLISHED : June 13, 2024, 16:22 IST