New Delhi: BJP Lok Sabha MP and Union Minister, Smriti Irani, on Monday challenged Congress chief Rahul Gandhi to contest the upcoming Parliamentary Polls from Amethi. She accused him of fleeing Amethi in 2019, saying that if he’s assured, then he ought to contest from this seat solely and never from another seat.
Rahul Vs Irani From Amethi Once more?
Yesterday, Rahul led his Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra to Amethi, regardless of Congress shedding its foothold. After which, speculations of Rahul Gandhi operating from Amethi are being made once more. Irani is assured about operating for re-election and is at present engaged in a four-day tour of her constituency, to organise the grah pravesh of her newly constructed home in Gauriganj. The Congress social gathering continues to be uncertain about selecting Gandhi as its candidate from Amethi as Occasion Chief. Jairam Ramesh stated {that a} last determination will likely be taken by the social gathering’s key ballot physique, the Central Election Committee (CEC).
2019 Ballot Outcomes
In 2019, whereas Smrirt Irani contested from Amethi alone, Rahul Gandhi contested from two seats: UP’s Amethi and Kerela’s Wayanad. Whereas he misplaced from Amethi however received Wayanad, retaining his Lok Sabha membership.
Nyay Yatra To Be Paused
In the meantime, Gandhi will pause his Yatra Tuesday to look earlier than the MP/MLA courtroom in Sultanpur, the place he’s going through a defamation case filed in opposition to him in 2018. In line with his lawyer, Kashi Prasad Shukla, Gandhi is charged with making derogatory remarks in opposition to Residence Minister Amit Shah, who was the BJP’s Nationwide President on the time.
Shah-Rahul Defamation Case
A warrant in opposition to Gandhi was issued by the courtroom within the case on December 16, 2023. The defamation case originates from allegations by Vijay Mishra, a resident of Hanumanganj in Kotwali Dehat, Uttar Pradesh, who claimed that Gandhi made objectionable remarks in opposition to Shah throughout a press convention in Bangalore on July 15, 2018. Mishra’s lawyer, Santosh Pandey, filed the grievance, resulting in the issuance of the December warrant in opposition to Gandhi.
