Who is the Congress candidate against Smriti Irani in Amethi….??

New Delhi, 23 April 2024: The voting phase for the Lok Sabha elections has begun. The first phase of voting has been completed, but the suspense over the Congress candidate from Uttar Pradesh’s high-profile Amethi Lok Sabha seat is still intact. Meanwhile, the atmosphere in Amethi has also started heating up regarding the Lok Sabha elections. The poster war has started once again here. BJP has fielded current MP Smriti Irani from Amethi, but Congress has not yet announced the name of its candidate.

Who will be the Congress candidate?
In such a situation, many kinds of speculations are being made. A poster put up by Congress supporters at the party’s central office in Gauriganj in the area has become a topic of discussion among the people. It is written on the poster, “Rahul Bin Amethi soon”. Various kinds of speculations are being made about this poster. Many people are saying different things about who will be the party’s candidate this time in this traditional stronghold of the Gandhi family. At the same time, sources say that former Congress President Rahul Gandhi can be the Congress candidate from here.

Rahul Gandhi lost to Smriti Irani in 2019
Recently, maintaining the suspense on contesting from Amethi along with Wayanad in Kerala, Rahul Gandhi had said that it is the jurisdiction of the party’s Central Election Committee and he will follow its decision. Rahul Gandhi said, “Whatever the CEC and Congress President ask me to do, I will do it. Such decisions are taken in our CEC.” If sources are to be believed, after voting in Wayanad on April 26, Rahul Gandhi can file nomination from Amethi on April 27.

Nominations for Amethi seat are to be held from April 26 to May 3. Rahul Gandhi won the Amethi seat three times in a row since 2004. However, in 2019, Smriti Irani defeated Rahul Gandhi by 55,000 votes. Let us tell you that Congress is contesting on 17 Lok Sabha seats in Uttar Pradesh.