Election 2024: Rahul Gandhi against Congress fielding a Nehru-Gandhi family member from Amethi, Raebareli

Congress leader and Wayanad Member of Parliament (MP) doesn’t want any family member of the Nehru-Gandhi family, including himself, to be fielded from Amethi or Raebareli seats in Uttar Pradesh, a report said on May 1. Rahul had agreed to fight from Raebareli earlier, but has now decided not to enter the fray, the report in said. 

The two seats – Amethi and Raebareli – will vote in the fifth phase of the Lok Sabha elections 2024 on May 20. And the Congress is yet to announce the names of the candidates. The last day for filing nominations for the seats in the fifth phase is May 3. And Rahul Gandhi has scheduled a rally on Pune on May 3, according to the report. 

The Congress leadership, including party President Malikarjun Kharge are learnt to be making to convince Rahul Gandhi and , or at least one of the two siblings, to enter the fray from the two seats considered party strongholds.

Earlier on May 1, Congress leader Jairam Ramesh said that the names of the candidates for the two seats will be announced and that the party's (CEC) has empowered Kharge to take a decision.

Some reports suggested that may contest from seat, with choosing not to contest elections. Priyanka will, instead, focus on campaigning for the party nationwide, according to a report in India Today.

There is a strong belief within the Congress party that the absence of a member in the Uttar Pradesh elections would send a negative political message, in The Indian Express.

Rahul, however, contested Lok Sabha Elections 2024 from Wayanad, a seat he won with a considerable margin in 2019. Voting in Wayanad was held in the second phase of Lok Sabha elections on April 26.

Some Congress leaders also feel that if Rahul Gandhi were to win both and Amethi, he