Lok Sabha Election 2024: Rahul Gandhi will contest from Amethi seat while Priyanka Gandhi may contest from Varanasi in Lok Sabha elections 2024, newly appointed Congress' Uttar Pradesh chief Ajay Rai said on Friday.
Congress' UP unit chief Ajay Rai further said that the entire cadre, workers of the party are ready to support Priyanka Gandhi Vadra.
Ajay Rai, who has been appointed as party's new UP chief, had contested 2019 Lok Sabha elections from Varanasi seat.
Rahul, who had been representing the Amethi Lok Sabha seat since 2004, suffered a shocking defeat in the Gandhi bastion in 2019 when he lost to BJP’s Smriti Irani.
While Rahul polled 4,12,867 votes, Smriti Irani ended-up with 4,67,598 votes.
Rai also said that if Priyanka Gandhi decides to fight the polls from Varanasi, each and every Congress worker will work for her.
Ajay Rai was the Congress candidate in Varanasi both during 2014 and 2019 election and lost to Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Rai was appointed Uttar Pradesh Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge on Thursday.
Taking a dig at Smriti Irani, the UP Congress chief asked Smriti Irani what happened to her promise of providing sugar at the rate of Rs 13 to the people of Amethi.
Reacting to Ajai Rai's statement on Rahul Gandhi to contest election from Amethi, BJP leader Kaushal Kishore said, "In a democracy, anybody can contest elections from anywhere. But, it seems people of Wayanad have rejected him (Rahul Gandhi) that's why he is coming (to Amethi)."
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