In the Lok Sabha elections 2024, Rahul Gandhi contested from two seats. One seat was Wayanad seat of Kerala and the other was Rae Bareli seat of UP. Rahul Gandhi won both the seats. On Monday, Rahul Gandhi resigned from the Wayanad seat. Now a by-election will be held there. Congress has made Priyanka Gandhi the candidate in the by-election. This is her political debut, due to which the Congress has become cautious.
In the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, the Bharat alliance registered a spectacular victory in Uttar Pradesh. After this victory, not only did the Bharatiya Janata Party suffer a big setback, but it also gave rise to many discussions in UP politics. UP has the highest number of 80 Lok Sabha seats. In the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, the Congress had to be content with just one seat, while in the 2022 assembly elections, even after a lot of struggle, it won only two assembly seats in UP, but This This time Congress has won by contesting on 6 seats. In the Lok Sabha elections, SP fought the elections together, after which Congress is engaged in strengthening its lost politics in UP.
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has chosen Wayanad seat in Kerala and Rae Bareli seat in UP. He has sent his resignation to the Lok Sabha Speaker's office to vacate the Wayanad seat. Sources said that former Congress President Rahul Gandhi has officially sent a letter to the Lok Sabha Speaker's office regarding remaining an MP from Rae Bareli seat and leaving the Wayanad seat.