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.
Amid the speculations on whether Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi will contest from Amethi and Raebareli, Congress leader Deepak Singh on Tuesday exuded confidence that Congress will win from Amethi and Raebareli and will defeat the Bharatiya Janata Party in the Lok Sabha elections.
On being asked about Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra's candidature from Amethi and Raebareli, Union Minister and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate from Amethi, Smriti Irani said that she can contest against anybody only if there is a candidate against her.
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.
Uttar Pradesh Minister Dinesh Pratap Singh on Tuesday said that whichever candidate the Bharatiya Janata Party fields from the Raebareli constituency will receive his full support.
"Today is the 37th day of Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra. Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge and Rahul Gandhi will address a public rally in Babuganj. We will stay in Amethi tonight and reach Raebareli tomorrow morning. We will stay in Lucknow tomorrow and in Kanpur the day after. Then, we wil
Taking a jibe at Congress after parties Parliamentary Party President Sonia Gandhi filed her nomination for Rajya Sabha elections from Rajasthan, BJP's spokesperson Shehzad Poonawala questioned the party's formal "association" with Uttar Pradesh in future and said that Congress fears of losi
He also laid the foundation stone for NIPER Hyderabad and NIPER Raebareli. In a significant boost to healthcare infrastructure in the Northeast, Mandaviya dedicated five new facilities at the Regional Institute of Paramedical and Nursing Science (RIPANS) in Aizawl, Mizoram to the nation toda