NEW DELHI: Congress General secretary
Jairam Ramesh
on Wednesday said that the party will finalise the candidates from
Amethi
and
Rae Bareli
for the
Lok Sabha elections
within 24 to 30 hours.
“In all probability it will be announced by tomorrow evening,” the Congress leader said at a briefing at party headquarters in Delhi.
Ramesh reiterated that Congress Election Committee has empowered party president Mallikarjun Kharge to take a decision on these two seats.
Jairam also refuted the rumors circulating in social media platforms and said that any lists on names in circulation are fake.
Responding on the allegations that Rahul Gandhi is shying away from being fielded from Amethi Jairam Ramesh said, “Nobody is scared, no one is running away.”
Notably, it is speculated that former Congress president Rahul Gandhi will be contesting the elections from Amethi while party general secretary Priyanka Gandhi will be in the fray from Rae Bareli.
Previously in 2019 Lok Sabha polls, Rahul Gandhi lost the elections from his family bastion to BJP’s Smriti Irani. Meanwhile, the Rae Bareli seat is vacant since Congress veteran leader Sonia Gandhi decided to sit in the upper house of the parliament.
Polling for the both the constituency is due on the fifth phase of election on May 20.
