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Indian Nationwide Congress (INC) has no longer introduced any candidate for the Amethi constituency but
Diverse posters of Robert Vadra, husband of Congress chief Priyanka Gandhi, were keep up at various areas in Uttar Pradesh’s Amethi, tense his candidacy in the Lok Sabha Elections 2024. Bharatiya Janata Occasion (BJP) chief and the sitting Amethi MP Smriti Irani gave a sarcastic touch upon the posters. Indian Nationwide Congress (INC) has no longer introduced any candidate for the constituency but.
The posters of Vadra had been keep up with the phrases “Amethi ki janata kare pukaar, Robert Vadra ab ki baar (Other folks of Amethi wants Robert Vadra this time)”. They had been additionally seen beginning air the Congress issue of job in Gauriganj.
This comes days after Vadra introduced his intent to bolt for the Lok Sabha seat in Amethi, a constituency that remained a bastion of the Gandhi family till Irani won the seat in 2019.
Amethi remained a favourite seat of the Congress and the Gandhi family and modified into as soon as represented by Sanjay Gandhi, Rajiv Gandhi, Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi. Assorted parties additionally won in between, however the 2019 victory for BJP modified into as soon as critical.
In 2019, Rahul Gandhi misplaced Amethi, but he won from Kerala’s Wayanad. Now speculations are rife over whether or no longer or no longer he’ll contest from Amethi again, as he’s contesting from Wayanad, which votes on April 26.
Earlier this month, Vadra told records company ANI: “The folk of Amethi expect me to indicate their constituency if I resolve to develop accurate into a member of Parliament. For years, the Gandhi family worked laborious in Rae Bareli, Amethi and Sultanpur.”
“The folk of Amethi are undoubtedly afraid by the most contemporary Member of Parliament, they private they’ve made a mistake by electing her,” he had acknowledged.
Whereas reacting to the posters, Irani acknowledged, “Jijaji ki nazar hai, saale sahab kya karenge. (brother-in-guidelines is eyeing the seat, what’s going to he (Rahul Gandhi) attain?) There modified into as soon as a time when folk travelling in buses would leave their handkerchiefs to note their seat so that no-one sits on it.”
Uttar Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Brajesh Pathak acknowledged, “His brother-in-guidelines (Rahul Gandhi) will deliver whether or no longer they’d compose him (Robert Vadra) contest. I invent no longer beget this kind of records.”
(With inputs from agencies)
Srishti Singh Sisodia
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