Smriti Irani Scared Of Rahul Gandhi: Ajay Rai On Wayanad MP Contesting Amethi Lok Sabha Seat In 2024

Amethi's people will ensure Rahul Gandhi wins the seat back with a huge margin in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, the UP Congress president told reporters.

Newly appointed UP Congress president Ajay Rai

Source : PTI

New Delhi: Newly appointed UP Congress president Ajay Rai on Thursday said Union Minister Smriti Irani is afraid that Rahul Gandhi will win back the Amethi seat in the upcoming Lok Sabha election, adding that the bond between Amethi and the Congress goes generations back, reported news agency PTI.

Amethi's people will ensure Rahul Gandhi wins the seat back with a huge margin in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, he told reporters.

When asked about Smriti Irani's two-day visit to Amethi, the UPCC Chief said, "She is roaming around in Amethi afraid of the news of Rahul's arrival here." "She will go from house to house. But nothing is going to happen now because the people of Amethi are standing with their family."

Notably, Irani arrived in Amethi on Thursday for her two-day visit during which she will inaugurate many industrial units.

As per the agency, the congress leader, who was on his way to Lucknow from Varanasi, said that Rahul Gandhi never lied to the people of Amethi, unlike Smriti Irani, the sitting MP from the seat, who promised sugar at Rs 13 per kg after she became the MP.

Rai alleged that Irani has been lying to the people of Amethi about the developmental works she has done for the constituency and that people have now understood her tricks.

"It is the demand of the people of Amethi that Rahul Gandhi contest the election from here and they will ensure his victory by at least 5 lakh votes," Rai said, according to PTI.

While traveling to Lucknow via road, Rai took a halt in Amethi and interacted with Congress workers at Varna village of Musafirkhana, Amethi. 

Amethi had been a Gandhi bastion before it fell to Smriti Irani in the 2019 Lok Sabha election. Rahul Gandhi represented the constituency three terms before he was defeated by Irani.

Before him, the constituency had been represented by Sonia Gandhi and Rajiv Gandhi also.