Rahul Gandhi: Rahul Gandhi will remain the MP of Rae Bareli, will leave Wayanad seat, Priyanka will contest the by-election

From which seat will Rahul Gandhi remain an MP, Rae Bareli or Wayanad? This question was being asked for a long time. Which has been put to rest today. Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge made it clear during a press conference on Monday that Rahul Gandhi will remain an MP from Rae Bareli. He will leave the Wayanad seat. Now Priyanka Gandhi will contest the by-election from Wayanad seat of Kerala. The Congress President said that Rahul Gandhi has won from 2 Lok Sabha seats, but according to the law, he will have to vacate one seat. He said that Rahul Gandhi He also contested elections from Wayanad and got the love of the people there. That is why we decided that Priyanka Gandhi will contest elections from Wayanad. During this, Congress Parliamentary Party President Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi and party general secretary KC Venugopal and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra were also present.

What did Rahul say after announcing to leave Wayanad seat?

On leaving the Wayanad seat, Rahul Gandhi said that the people of Wayanad supported me in very difficult times and gave me the energy to fight. During this, the Congress leader said that I want everyone to know that Priyanka will contest from Wayanad and we will stick to our commitments.

Rahul Gandhi ji will be an MP from Rae Bareli seat.

She also contested from Wayanad and got the love of the people there. That is why we decided that Mrs. Priyanka Gandhi will contest from Wayanad.

: Congress President Shri @kharge pic.twitter.com/A2iIr77MkB

— Congress (@INCIndia) June 17, 2024

After this decision, Priyanka Gandhi assured the people of Wayanad that she will not let them miss Rahul. She said that I will not let Wayanad feel the absence of Rahul. I will work hard, I will try my best to make everyone happy in Wayanad, I will be a good representative.

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Rahul had won both the seats by more than 3 lakh votes

In the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, Rahul Gandhi won both Wayanad in Kerala and Rae Bareli in UP by a huge margin of votes. The Congress leader’s main contest on the Wayanad seat was with CPI’s Annie Raja and BJP’s K Surendran. Rahul won here by a margin of 3.6 lakh votes. Rahul got a total of 6.4 lakh votes, while Annie Raja, who came second, got 2.8 lakh votes. Rahul also won the Rae Bareli seat in UP by a margin of 3.9 lakh votes. On this seat, he was pitted against BJP’s Dinesh Pratap Singh. While Rahul got 6.8 lakh votes, Dinesh got 2.9 lakh votes.