Suspense which was created from the announcement of the Lok Sabha election is now over for Amethi and Raebareli seats on the last day of the nomination. Rahul Gandhi from Congress is going to contest from Raebareli opposite Dinesh Pratap Singh of the BJP. While Kishori Lal Sharma of the Congress will contest against Smriti Irani of the BJP. The Congress party general secretary KC Venugopal has declared candidates for both seats. For Rahul Gandhi, the party has considered Raebareli safer than Amethi. Because this seat is still with Congress.
Amethi and Raebareli’s seats are traditionally Gandhi family seats and there was suspense about who from the Gandhi family will fight for these seats. It was assumed that Rahul Gandhi would fight again from Amethi while Priyanka Gandhi would fight from Raebareli. Now after the declaration, the suspense is over. The Congress party announced Rahul Gandhi’s candidature for the Raebareli seat on Friday, the last day of filing nominations.
In the initial phase, Priyanka Gandhi showed interest in Raebareli. She wanted to contest elections from here. Till yesterday her name was expected. But some party leaders put forward Rahul’s name for Raebareli instead of Priyanka. Now Priyanka maintained silence on this. Moreover, Robert Vadra husband of Priyanka Gandhi was interested in fighting from the Amethi. Perhaps due to the internal politics of the Gandhi family, his name was not been considered.
It is being speculated that Rahul Gandhi, who lost the Amethi seat to Smriti Irani in 2019, may not be interested in contesting from there again. He has been an MP from Wayanad since 2019, and now there are claims by the BJP that he may lose this seat too. Looking to the probable defeat Rahul Gandhi chose to fight from a safer seat.
The suspense of Amethi is over
Suspense is over after the declaration of the name of Kishori Lal Sharma for Amethi. Kishori Lal Sharma got a reward for his loyalty to Sonia Gandhi. Originally Kishori Lal Sharma belonged to Ludhiana, Punjab. Around 1983, Rajiv Gandhi brought him to Amethi for the first time. Since then he stayed here.
Even when the Gandhi family stopped contesting elections from here after the death of Rajiv Gandhi in 1991, Sharma continued to work for MPs of the Congress Party. He is considered loyal not only to the organization but also to the family. After Sonia Gandhi was elected MP from Raebareli, he continued to work as her representative. After Sonia Gandhi was elected to Rajya Sabha, Kishori was considered a contender from Raebareli, but the party made him a candidate from Amethi instead of Raebareli.
