Rahul Gandhi will contest 2024 polls from Amethi: Congress leader Ajay Rai

Rahul Gandhi would contest the 2024 Lok Sabha elections again from Amethi with which the NehruGandhi family has old ties Uttar Pradesh Congress leader Ajay Rai claimed on WednesdayRai the regional head of the party in UP also said that it is his appeal to the people of Amethi to send Rahul Gandhi to Delhi by electing him as an MP again with a huge marginThe GandhiNehru family has old relations with Amethino one can weaken it Rahul Gandhi will contest from Amethi in 2024 Rai told reporters hereThere has been no word from the party so far on the former Congress president fighting the next parliamentary elections again from AmethiRahul Gandhi who had won the Amethi parliamentary seat for three times in a row was defeated by BJP leader and Union minister Smriti Irani in 2019 electionsHe is currently representing Keralas Wayanad constituency in Lok SabhaRahul Gandhis parents Rajiv Gandhi and Sonia Gandhi had won from Amethi in the pastSpeaking about the ongoing Bharat Jodo Yatra led by Rahul Gandhi Rai who had unsuccessfully contested Lok Sabha elections from Varanasi in 2014 and in 2019 said that the yatra is currently passing through Rajasthan and will enter Uttar Pradesh on January 3 or 4 next yearAlso ReadRaghuram Rajan joining Bharat Jodo Yatra no surprise BJPBut before that the UP Congress is taking out regional yatras on the lines of Bharat Jodo Yatra at various places he said adding that for this the state has been divided into six regions and a president has been appointed for each regionOn December 11 the regional yatra started from Prayagraj under Rais leadership and reached Amethi on Wednesday via Kaushambi and PratapgarhIn Amethi district the regional yatra that passed through Lodi Baba and Qazi Patti areas on Wednesday will cover a distance of 25 km Rai saidBesides district Congress president Pradeep Singhal former MLC Deepak Singh among others were seen in attendanceAfter Amethi the regional yatra will reach Sultanpur and proceed to Jaunpur Mirzapur Chandauli Bhadohi Sonbhadra and finally end in Varanasi on December 22Rai also said that tension was prevailing everywhere under the BJP governmentTraders are running away leaving their shops Rahul ji had called GST Gabbar Singh Tax today he has been proved right There is fear among the traders about GST The traders who have been supporting the BJP since long are being harassedThe chief minister says that action should be taken against thieves it means that the businessmen have become thieves today Rai addedThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever