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Amid intense speculation over whether he would contest the Lok Sabha polls from Uttar Pradesh’s Amethi, former Congress president Rahul Gandhi has said he would abide by his party’s decision on it.
According to PTI, Gandhi made the remarks at a joint press conference with Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav. “In our party, these decisions are taken in the CEC (Central Election Committee) meeting,” he stressed.
Both Amethi and Wayanad will go to 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.
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.
