Rahul Gandhi’s Wayanad rival Annie Raja on Friday mentioned the Congress ought to have knowledgeable the individuals of Wayanad that Rahul Gandhi was contemplating Raebareli as a second seat. Even when the choice was made on the final second, the occasion ought to have informed the individuals a few chance, the CPM candidate mentioned questioning the injustice that might be meted out to the individuals of the constituency which Rahul Gandhi would resign if he received each Wayanad and Raebareli. “It poses a query of their morality,” Annie Raja mentioned.
“I’m very certain that it’s not a sure resolution. Even when they’d not taken the ultimate name, they need to have knowledgeable the individuals of Wayanad that Raebareli was additionally in consideration. Suppose he wins from each the seats, he must resign from one. It is going to be an injustice to the individuals. They usually have at all times taken Wayanad as a right,” Annie Raja mentioned.
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Wayanad elected Rahul Gandhi as its consultant in 2019 when Rahul Gandhi misplaced his Amethi seat to Smriti Irani. As Rahul Gandhi campaigned in Kerala earlier than Wayanad went to the polls on April 26, speculations had been rife that Rahul Gandhi would additionally contest from a second seat in Uttar Pradesh. On the final day for submitting nominations, it was introduced that Rahul Gandhi would contest from Raebareli which Sonia Gandhi vacated as she shifted to the Rajya Sabha citing ailing well being. Rahul Gandhi’s contest in Raebareli might be in opposition to BJP’s Dinesh Pratap Singh who misplaced the seat in 2019 to Sonia Gandhi. Seen as a protected seat, Raebareli could make Rahul Gandhi once more an Uttar Pradesh MP however in that case he must resign from Wayanad if he wins the Kerala constituency for a second time.
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On a selection between Raebareli and Wayanad, chances are high that the Gandhi household want to hold the household bastion Raebareli with it. Congress chief Manickam Tagore mentioned the occasion would take this resolution later. “Let the election be over first, then the occasion will determine. Rahul Gandhi will win each seats and everyone knows that in Wayanad individuals have nice love & affection for him. In Raebareli additionally, everyone knows that the household represented it. Be it Indira Gandhi, Sonia Gandhi and now Rahul Gandhi. We’ll win each seats with an enormous margin,” Tagore mentioned.
BJP’s Manjinder Singh Sirsa mentioned Rahul Gandhi would lose Wayanad and that’s the reason he’s going to contest from Raebareli.
“Wayanad, are you feeling cheated? Don’t fear, the Gandhi household has been dishonest India for over seven many years now. Rahul Gandhi’s volte face ought to function a reminder to states like Karnataka, Telangana, Andhra and Maharashtra, the place the Congress remains to be searching for relevance. They’ll DUMP you, to go well with their comfort,” BJP’s IT cell chief Amit Malviya wrote on X.