Posters urge Priyanka to contest from Cong. bastion of Rae Bareli
Amid the buzz of Congress general secretary Priyanka Vadra’s likely candidature from Rae Bareli in 2024, posters reading, “Rae Bareli pukarti, Priyanka Gandhi ji aaye [Rae Bareli calls, Priyanka Gandhi to come]” surfaced in intersections of Rae Bareli on Wednesday, asking the former Uttar Pradesh Congress incharge to carry forward the development works of the party in the constituency represented previously by her mother and former Congress president Sonia Gandhi.
The posters have been put up by one Rishabh Raghvendra Vajpayee, a former student leader and resident of Rae Bareli.
Uttar Pradesh Congress president Ajay Rai said it was the desire of the people from Rae Bareli to see Ms. Vadra representing the Congress bastion. “It is the desire of the common voters of Rae Bareli that Priyanka Ji represent them in the Lok Sabha as the Gandhi family shares an emotional bond with the constituency and the mood is reflected through these
A banner of Priyanka Gandhi put up by party supporters in Rae Bareli.
gestures by voters. We [Uttar Pradesh Congress] also want Priyanka Ji to fight from Rae Bareli, but the final decision is up to her,” Mr. Rai told The Hindu.
The demand for Ms. Vadra to contest from the seat increased after Ms. Gandhi announced last month that she won’t contest the polls citing “health and agerelated issues”.
On February 19, Ms. Gandhi was elected unopposed to the Rajya Sabha from Rajasthan. Ms. Gandhi represented the Rae Bareli seat four times in the Lok Sabha and won by a margin of over 1,67,000 votes in 2019 defeating Dinesh Pratap Singh of the BJP.