Lok Sabha Polls 2024 : Rahul Gandhi to contest from Wayanad again, name cleared by Congress CEC, say sources

Former Congress president Rahul Gandhi will again contest from Kerala's Wayanad, sources said. 

Rahul Gandhi's name was cleared in the first meeting of Congress party's (CEC) held at party headquarters in national capital on Thursday evening, they said.

Rahul Gandhi, also a member of CEC, joined the meeting virtually from Gujarat. Rahul had won Wayanad in 2019 and by a record margin. He had, however, lost Amethi, the erstwhile Congress bastion in Uttar Pradesh, to BJP leader Smriti Irani. 

The Communist Party of India (CPI), the second-largest coalition partner in Kerala's ruling Left Democratic Front, has fielded senior party leader from the Lok Sabha constituency.

Since candidates from Amethi were not discussed, hence it remains unclear whether or not Rahul will contest from Amethi again or Priyanka Gandhi Vadra will be fielded or not from Rae Bareli- both seats in UP.

The meeting is decide candidates for upcoming Candidates for seven states of North East, Kerala, Telangana, Karnataka, Chhattisgarh and Delhi were discussed in the meeting.

Sources said member of parliament Shashi Tharoor's name was also cleared from . BJP has fielded Union Minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar from the seat in Kerala.

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Chaired by party president Mallikarjun Kharge, the committee also includes former party chiefs Sonia Gandhi, besides AICC general secretary K C Venugopal, Ambika Soni, Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury and T S Singhdeo, among others. Telangana chief minister Revanth Reddy was also in New Delhi to attend the CEC meeting.

The party is likely to declare its first list of candidates soon after the CEC meeting to enable the candidate to prepare for poll campaign.

The (BJP) has already released its first list of candidates comprising