“Rahul Gandhi’s Return to Amethi? : A bid to regain Lost Seats in the 2024 Lok Sabha Election”

According to Ajay Rai, newly elected Uttar Pradesh Congress president, ‘Rahul Gandhi will contest from Amethi in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections.’

One of the strongholds of the Congress in Uttar Pradesh is Amethi, which Rahul Gandhi lost to Smriti Irani in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections by a margin of almost 55,000 votes.

The only Congress member representing UP at the moment is Sonia Gandhi, an MP from Rae Bareli, and the grand old party would like to seize Amethi from Smriti Irani.

Rahul Gandhi is now an MP for Kerala’s Wayanad.

After arriving from Delhi, Ajay Rai announced, “Rahul Gandhi will definitely contest the Lok Sabha election from Amethi, the people of Amethi are here.”

Since his defeat in the 2019 elections, Rahul Gandhi has made three visits to Amethi, and the chance that he could run for the seat again has fueled the aspirations of the local party officials. Gandhi has remained a prominent figure in Amethi, especially during the Covid-19 outbreak when he sent aid to the area. According to recent pronouncements from the state party president, his initiatives have found favour with local party members.

Regarding rumors that Priyanka Gandhi may run for office in 2024, Rai stated that Priyanka will run from whatever location she chooses.‘Every worker will work hard to ensure Priyanka Gandhi’s victory if she wants to run from Varanasi, he continued.

Both in 2014 and 2019, Ajay Rai fought as the Congress candidate in Varanasi but lost to Prime Minister Narendra Modi.