After Congress decided to field Rahul Gandhi from the Raebareli, Bharatiya Janata Party leader Amit Malviya on Friday said that it is not surprising that Wayanad MP has abandoned Amethi Lok Sabha seat, adding that it is an admission by Rahul Gandhi that he cannot win Amethi.
As per the sources, Congress' loyalist KL Sharma will contest the Lok Sabha elections from Amethi, the seat Rahul Gandhi lost in the 2019 general elections to BJP leader Smriti Irani.
With just a day left for the filing of nominations for Phase 5 of the Lok Sabha elections, the suspense continued over the Congress' candidates for the Amethi and Raebareli constituencies of Uttar Pradesh, once considered a stronghold of the Nehru-Gandhi family.
Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh on Wednesday said that party chief Mallikarjun Kharge will finalise the candidates for the highly anticipated, Rae Bareli and Amethi Lok Sabha seats in Uttar Pradesh and the announcement will be made soon.
Amid the speculations on whether Rahul Gandhi will contest from Amethi, Congress leader Deepak Singh on Tuesday said that the "Gandhi family will definitely contest" from this constituency owing to the strong relations with public in Amethi.
Union Minister for Women and Child Development Smriti Irani filed her nomination papers for Amethi Lok Sabha seat in Uttar Pradesh on Monday and expressed confidence that people will bless the BJP and Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the elections
According to party sources, leaders of the UP Congress and the All India Congress Committee (AICC) in charge of UP, Avinash Pandey, have also been called for a meeting today.
Robert Vadra, businessman and husband of Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi has said that the entire country wants him to get into active politics adding that Smriti Irani who is a sitting MP from Amethi has not fulfilled her promises.
Amid the speculations about Congress leader Rahul Gandhi contesting from the Amethi Lok Sabha seat, Samajwadi Party Akhilesh Yadav on Thursday said that everyone will gather in Uttar Pradesh now.
In a strong swipe at Rahul Gandhi, who is re-contesting Lok Sabha elections from Wayanad, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said that another parliamentary seat is expected to be announced for the Congress leader after April 26, indicating that the Congress is not confident of retaining th
Firing a salvo at Union Minister Smriti Irani, who is bidding to win a fresh term in the Lok Sabha from Amethi, Congress national spokesperson Abhay Dubey claimed on Thursday that she would lose the constituency that was regarded as a stronghold of the grand old party before she snapped thei
After the media reports emerged that Uttar Pradesh Congress state co-coordinator Vikas Agrahari joined the Bharatiya Janata Party, Vikas Agrahari on Thursday outrightly dismissed the reports of joining the BJP and said that he "never left" the Congress, adding that the "party is in his bl