Ending days of suspense, the Congress party has formally announced that Rahul Gandhi will contest for the Raebareli Lok Sabha constituency, which his mother, Sonia Gandhi, earlier represented.
On the other hand, senior Congress leader Kishori Lal Sharma, an ally of the Gandhi family, is making an entry into the elections from the Amethi Lok Sabha seat.
Reports said that Rahul Gandhi will travel by special flight and will disembark at Fursatganj airport at 10:30 a.m. on Friday and then file nomination papers at 12:15 p.m. He will later leave for Pune.
Rahul Gandhi's strategic move to contest from the Raebareli constituency has side-stepped a high-stakes battle in Amethi, where Union Minister and BJP MP Smriti Irani is seeking a second term.
In Raebareli, he will be contesting against Dinesh Pratap Singh, an old Congressman, who is contesting under the banner of the BJP in the forthcoming polls.
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