Lok Sabha Polls : Sonia Gandhi Ends Retirement Rumours To Contest From UP, Priyanka out of list
The wide-spread speculation about Sonia Gandhi retiring from electoral politics and her daughter Priyanka Gandhi contesting from this traditional family seat proved to be wrong. Sonia Gandhi will be entering the fray from Raebareli once again and Rahul Gandhi chooses Amethi again.
There were a number of rumors that Sonia would retire from active politics due to to her unwell health over the last few years. Her public appearances had reduced over the years. Also last election rally was in Hyderabad before the assembly election in Telangana in December.The forthcoming Lok Sabha election has been stated as the biggest test for Rahul Gandhi, whose political career has been on an rise as seen in the assembly elections to five states in December last year.
The Congress Working Committee, has in all, announced 15 candidates for the Lok Sabha elections – 11 from Uttar Pradesh and four from Gujarat.They include Jitian Prasada, (Dhaurahra), Annu Tandon (Unnao), RPN Singh (Kushi Nagar), Nirmal Kathri (Faizabad), Salman Khursheed (Farrukhabad), Salim Sherrwani (Badaun). Other from the UP List included Imaran Masood (Sahanpur), Rajaram Pal (Akbarpur), Brij Lal Khabri (Jalaun-SC).
Below is the snapshot of the congress twitter handle on which the list was shared by the congress announced after a meeting of the Central Election Committee, continuing the tradition of announcing the nominees only after the elections dates are announced .
