An Uttar Pradesh Congress leader on Wednesday said that party leader Rahul Gandhi will contest the Lok Sabha election from Amethi a constituency he has represented several times since 2002.
Congress District President Pradeep Singhal, who returned after a meeting in Delhi, said Gandhi will be the party candidate from Amethi and his name would be announced soon.
Gandhi, a former Congress president, represented Amethi in Parliament from 2002 till 2019.
In 2019 general election, he lost to BJP's Smriti Irani. He is now MP from Kerala's Wayanad.
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