Following rife about whether Rahul Gandhi will contest the Lok Sabha seat of Amethi or not, the leader on Wednesday clarified that the decision is in the hands of Congress. Rahul's name has been announced for the Wayanad Lok Sabha seat.
On being asked if there are chances of him contesting Lok Sabha elections from Amethi, Rahul replied, "On Amethi, the party will decide. Whatever order I get, I will abide by that. In our party, these decisions are taken in the CEC (Central Election Committee) meeting."
Both Amethi and Wayanad will go to the polls on April 26.
There is speculation that besides his declared seat of Wayanad in Kerala, Gandhi might also contest the Lok Sabha polls from Amethi, a seat he represented for three straight terms earlier, and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra from Rae Bareli, a seat that was previously held by her mother, Sonia Gandhi.
Meanwhile, Smriti Irani is the saffron party's pick for Amethi constituency.
Both seats are considered bastions of the Gandhi family and the local units of the Congress have demanded that the two scions of the family contest from there.
The Congress has forged an alliance with the Samajwadi Party (SP) in Uttar Pradesh and is contesting 17 Lok Sabha seats in the state.
The Lok Sabha polls are scheduled to be held in seven phases starting April 19. The counting of votes will be taken up on June 4.
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