With Friday being the last day for filing nominations for the Amethi and Rae Bareli seats in Uttar Pradesh that go to the polls on May 20, sources said Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge had a meeting with senior leader Rahul Gandhi at Shivamogga in Karnataka, where the two addressed an election rally.
There was no information on the outcome of the meeting. There is intense speculation that Mr. Gandhi may return to Amethi, a seat he lost in 2019 to Union Minister and BJP leader Smriti Irani.
Mr. Gandhi had won the seat in 2004, 2009, and 2014. In 2019, he contested from Wayanad in addition to Amethi. This time too, he is in the fray from Wayanad.
