Former Congress president Rahul Gandhi will again contest from Kerala’s Wayanad, sources said. Rahul Gandhi’s name was cleared in the first meeting of Congress party’s Central Election Committee (CEC) held at party headquarters in national capital on March 7 evening, they said.
Rahul Gandhi, also a member of CEC, joined the meeting virtually from Gujarat. Rahul had won Wayanad in 2019 and by a record margin. He had, however, lost Amethi, the erstwhile Congress bastion in Uttar Pradesh, to BJP leader Smriti Irani.
The Communist Party of India (CPI), the second-largest coalition partner in Kerala’s ruling Left Democratic Front, has fielded senior party leader Annie Raja from the Wayanad Lok Sabha constituency.
Since candidates from Amethi were not discussed, hence it remains unclear whether or not Rahul will contest from Amethi again or Priyanka Gandhi Vadra will be fielded or not from Rae Bareli- both seats in UP.