The Congress staff in Uttar Pradesh are “assured” that both former social gathering president Rahul Gandhi or basic secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra will contest the Lok Sabha elections from both Amethi or Raebareli, social gathering state unit chief Ajay Rai mentioned on Sunday.
Rai’s remarks come a day after the Congress launched a listing of 9 candidates from Uttar Pradesh, with out naming the candidates for Amethi or Raebareli seats, which have been thought of household bastions of the Nehru-Gandhis.
Rai, who has been given a ticket from Varanasi in opposition to Prime minister Narendra Modi, informed PTI that the Congress staff have been always urgent on the social gathering management to subject Rahul Gandhi from Amethi and Priyanka Gandhi from Raebareli.
“Although we’re assured, one factor is definite that a minimum of one of many two will contest the election on certainly one of these two seats,” Rai mentioned.
The Congress UP president mentioned it’s the heartfelt need of the social gathering leaders and staff that Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi ought to contest elections from Amethi and Raebareli, respectively. Nevertheless, the ultimate choice on this matter must be taken by the social gathering management, he added.
On the query concerning the probabilities of Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi contesting from Amethi and Raebareli respectively, he mentioned, “If the social gathering has not but declared the candidates on these two seats, it implies that the demand of the social gathering staff is being thought of.”
“After Holi, the names of the candidates for the remaining eight seats of Uttar Pradesh, together with Amethi and Raebareli, shall be declared,” Rai mentioned.
The Congress is contesting 17 seats in Uttar Pradesh as a celebration of the INDIA bloc. It declared its first record on Saturday (March 23) wherein in addition to Rai, it has given tickets to Imran Masood from Saharanpur, Danish Ali from Amroha, Ramnath Sikarwar from Fatehpur Sikri, Alok Mishra from Kanpur, Pradeep Jain Aditya from Jhansi, Tanuj Punia from Barabanki, Akhilesh Pratap Singh from Deoria and Sadan Prasad from Bansgaon.
