23.1 C
Delhi
Tuesday, October 14, 2025

LS poll: Rahul Gandhi to contest from Rae Bareli

Date:

Share post:

Donate-GC-Razorpay

New Delhi: Months-long suspense over Congress candidates in Rae Bareli and Amethi finally ended on Friday, with the grand old party announcing the names of Rahul Gandhi from Rae Bareli and Kishori Lal Sharma from Amethi, the two key constituencies in Uttar Pradesh.

The Congress declared the names just hours before the filing of nominations for the fifth phase of the Lok Sabha election comes to an end. He is pitted against Dinesh Pratap Singh of the BJP.

Rahul Gandhi is already contesting from the Wayanad Constituency in Kerala, where he is the sitting MP, which went to polls in the second phase on April 26.

Despite the Congress party’s rout from the politically crucial state, Raebareli and Amethi consistently sent Gandhi family members or their loyalists to the Lok Sabha, with the exception of the 2019 general election, when Rahul Gandhi was defeated by the BJP’s Smriti Irani.

Rahul Gandhi will be contesting from Rae Bareli Constituency, which was represented by his mother and former Congress president Sonia Gandhi since 2004.

In February this year, Sonia Gandhi chose to contest as a Rajya Sabha member, citing health and age issues. She was unanimously elected to the Upper House from Rajasthan.

Related articles

From Kabul to Karachi: the blowback that will dismantle Pakistan

I. From Proxy to PyreIn my earlier analysis, “Noor Wali Mehsud and Pakistan: From Ally to Adversary -...

The U.S. Corn Conspiracy Against India

There is no missile pointed at India’s borders in this war. The weapon is yellow, starchy, and traded...

Donald Trump and the Nobel Peace Prize That Never Was

There are injustices in life that shake the very foundations of faith in humanity - a puppy not...

The Fallacy of Time: There Is Only Now

Time - humanity’s most loyal illusion. We wake up to its tick, work under its watch, and die...