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Rae Bareli Lok Sabha Elections: After a long wait, Congress has finally announced the names of candidates for both Rae Bareli and Amethi seats. Congress party, playing a big gamble, has given ticket to Rahul Gandhi from Rae Bareli instead of Amethi. While Kishori Lal Sharma has been made the candidate from Amethi.
Rae Bareli is considered the stronghold of the Congress Party and is the safest seat of the party. Since independence, the party has faced defeat only once in Rae Bareli. In such a situation, Congress Party has made Rahul Gandhi the candidate from the safest seat.
The party does not want to take any kind of risk, because in the last Lok Sabha elections, Rahul Gandhi was defeated by Smriti Irani from Amethi. This is the reason why this time Rahul Gandhi has been made the candidate from Rae Bareli, from where Sonia Gandhi is the current MP.
Battle for credibility for Congress – After Rahul Gandhi's electoral defeat against Smriti Irani in Amethi, the party does not want to take the risk that Rahul Gandhi will have to face Smriti Irani's electoral defeat again. Since the Congress party wants to save its remaining credibility in Amethi, it does not want to take any kind of risk.
In such a situation, the party has fielded Lal Sharma, close to the Gandhi family, who played a big bet against Smriti Irani. At the same time, Congress party has made Rahul Gandhi its candidate from his ancestral seat Rae Bareli. In such a situation, one more thing has become clear that Sonia Gandhi will not contest elections this time.
Kishori Lal Sharma- Congress has played a big bet on Kishori Lal Sharma in Amethi. If Kishori Lal Sharma, close to the Gandhi family, defeats Smriti Irani in Amethi, it will be a big victory for the Congress.
Kishori Lal's victory will send a big message that a common worker of the Congress Party has defeated Smriti Irani. So this will be a shameful situation for BJP. In such a situation, it is believed that BJP will use its full strength on both Amethi and Rae Bareli seats.
Sonia Gandhi has been MP from Rae Bareli continuously since 1999. The party is continuously winning elections from here. This seat has been held by the Congress Party since independence. Although Janata Party's Raj Narayan had defeated Indira Gandhi from here in 1977, the Congress candidate has won here 15 times.
Is it necessary to field Rahul from Rae Bareli? The way Rahul Gandhi has been made the candidate from Rae Bareli instead of Amethi, this is not a big step from the party but will be a compulsion. Under any circumstances, Congress would like that Rahul Gandhi should not face defeat from his traditional seat. This is the reason why this time he has been made the candidate from Rae Bareli as a safe option.
Rahul lost the election from Amethi – Between 2004 and 2014, Rahul Gandhi won the Amethi Lok Sabha seat thrice. However, in 2014, Smriti Irani was defeated by Rahul Gandhi. But in 2019, Rahul Gandhi had to face defeat from here.
This is the reason why in the last Lok Sabha elections, Rahul Gandhi contested from Amethi as well as Wayanad seat in Kerala and won from here.