Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge joined the Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra on February 19 as it reached Rahul Gandhi’s former Lok Sabha constituency of Amethi in Uttar Pradesh and recalled the close association of the Gandhi family with the people of Amethi and Rae Bareli.
But there is no indication yet if Mr. Gandhi or his sister, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, would contest from one of these seats, that have long been held by a member of the Gandhi family.
While Mr. Gandhi lost to BJP leader and Union Minister Smriti Z. Irani in the 2019 Lok Sabha election, the Rae Bareli seat was held by his mother and Congress Parliamentary Party (CPP) chairperson Sonia Gandhi.
