NEW DELHI: India’s main opposition Congress party said on Friday that Rahul Gandhi, the face of the party and its former president, will contest general elections from the family bastion seat of Raebareli in north India as well.
The decision of the party and the family to field Gandhi from the seat in Uttar Pradesh state signals their confidence to take on the political might of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
It is also expected to boost the morale of party members in a key state from which it has been almost wiped out by BJP and regional players.
Uttar Pradesh is India’s most populous and elects the most lawmakers and a party needs to win a large number of seats here to win power nationally.
India’s general elections got underway on April 19 and the country will vote in seven phases until June 1, with votes set to be counted on June 4.
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