Did Varun Gandhi turn down BJP's offer to contest in Rae Bareli? Report says...

According to a study by News18 citing sources, Varun Gandhi had been "considering" the connection for much than a week aft the enactment suggested it.

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The BJP's connection was driven by recurring media reports indicating that the Congress was apt to tract Priyanka Gandhi from the seat.

The study further stated citing sources that the Uttar Pradesh BJP supported the thought of him contesting from Rae Bareli. When approached with the proposal, Varun Gandhi requested clip to see it. However, helium yet declined the offer, citing his reluctance to prosecute successful an electoral conflict that could crook idiosyncratic and contentious.

Earlier, When asked astir Gandhi's lack connected the dais during Prime Minister Modi's nationalist code successful Pilibhit on April 9, Chaudhary responded by saying, “Having each radical connected the dais is not an issue. The enactment has fixed work to its leaders. It indispensable person thought thing bully for him."

Congress's power successful Pilibhit constituency

Pilibhit was traditionally groomed by Varun's parent Maneka Gandhi, who has been progressive successful authorities successful Pilibhit for a full of 7 presumption crossed antithetic years.

1984: Maneka Gandhi mislaid to Rajiv Gandhi successful Amethi by a important borderline of implicit 2.7 lakh votes.

1989: She won the Pilibhit spot for the archetypal clip connected a Janata Dal ticket.

1991: Maneka mislaid the Pilibhit spot to BJP's Parshuram.

1996: She regained the Pilibhit constituency portion moving connected a Janata Dal ticket.

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1998 and 1999: Maneka won Pilibhit, archetypal arsenic an autarkic successful 1998 and past again successful 1999.

2004: Maneka joined the BJP and secured triumph from Pilibhit.

2009: Maneka moved to Aonla, allowing her lad Varun Gandhi, past 29 years old, to contention from Pilibhit. Varun defeated Congress's VM Singh by implicit 2.8 lakh votes, securing much than 50% of the full votes.

2014: Maneka returned to Pilibhit and won successful the Lok Sabha elections arsenic the BJP came to powerfulness nether Narendra Modi. Meanwhile, Varun Gandhi won the Sultanpur seat.

2019: Maneka shifted to Sultanpur, allowing Varun to tally from Pilibhit, wherever helium won the seat.

However, this time, BJP has fielded Uttar Pradesh Minister Jitin Prasada from the Pilibhit seat.

In a station connected X, Gandhi penned a heartfelt enactment connected Pilibhit and said, “Today, arsenic I americium penning this letter, countless memories person made maine emotional. I retrieve that 3-year-old small lad who came to Pilibhit for the archetypal clip successful 1983 holding his mother's finger, however did helium cognize that 1 time this onshore would go his workplace and the radical present would go his family."

According to the Election Commission, Pilibhit recorded 61.91 per cent elector turnout. Uttar Pradesh, the authorities with the highest practice successful Parliament, electing 80 MPs, is conducting its voting crossed each 7 phases.

The consequent phases successful the authorities are scheduled for May 7 (phase three), May 13 (phase four), May 20 (phase five), May 23 (phase six), and June 1 (phase seven).

The votes from each phases volition beryllium counted connected June 4.

(With inputs from agencies)

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Published: 26 Apr 2024, 02:31 PM IST