Suspense Grows Over Gandhis' Gameplan For Amethi, Raebareli

Though Rahul Gandhi filed his candidature from Wayanad yesterday, there is no word on the fate of Amethi, which he won thrice before losing it to Smriti Irani.

The Congress announced another list of candidates this evening that left only three seats undecided in Uttar Pradesh -- among them the Gandhi stronghold Raebareli, and Amethi, which turned against the Congress, voting en masse for BJP's Smriti Irani in 2019.

Though Rahul Gandhi filed his candidature from Wayanad yesterday, there is no word on the fate of Amethi, which he won thrice before losing it to Smriti Irani.

Raebareli had its sitting MP, Sonia Gandhi, shifting to parliament's Upper house Rajya Sabha.