'Mai koi naukri nahi kar raha Gandhi parivar ki...' says Congress Amethi candidate KL Sharma

Speaking to ANI, Sharma said helium is simply a seasoned person from the Congress enactment and not connected payroll for the Gandhi family.

“It was the determination of the enactment enactment due to the fact that earlier it was not finalised who volition contention from here... The happening is that present I volition decision Smriti Irani. This is simply a large connection I americium making today... 'Mai koi Naukri nahi kar raha Gandhi Parivar ki'. I americium a politician. I came present successful 1983 done the Youth Congress. I don't instrumentality wage from Congress. I americium a axenic politician..." Sharma stated.

Who is Congress' Amethi prime KL Sharma?

Sharma hails from Ludhiana, Punjab. His relation with Congress tin beryllium traced backmost to 1983, erstwhile helium began moving with Rajiv Gandhi. After Rajiv Gandhi successful 1991, helium worked with Captain Satish Sharma successful Amethi and was associated with Sonia Gandhi arsenic the successful complaint of the constituency, erstwhile she archetypal contested the elections from Amethi successful 1999.

Later for immoderate time, helium worked arsenic in-charge of some Raebareli and Amethi seats. After Sonia Gandhi vacated the Amethi spot and moved to Raebareli, KL Sharma moved to the metropolis with her. Sharma has worked for the Congress enactment successful Bihar and Punjab arsenic well.

Sharma 3rd non-Gandhi contesting from Amethi successful 57 years

This marks lone the third clip that a non-family Congress member has contested from the Amethi seat. In fact, this is the archetypal clip successful a 4th of a century, that a subordinate of the Nehru-Gandhi household is not the electoral contention from Amethi. 

The past lawsuit of a non-Gandhi household subordinate being fielded from Amethi was successful 1998 erstwhile the Congress chose seasoned person Captain Satish Sharma for the seat. Sharma, however, mislaid to BJP's Sanjaya Sinh. Prior to that, Capt Sharma had emerged victorious against BJP's Raja Mohan Singh successful the 1996 wide elections.

Amethi has been a stronghold of the Congress enactment since its inception successful 1967, but for a fewer years successful the 1970s and 1990s, and much precocious successful 2019 erstwhile BJP person Smriti Irani defeated Rahul Gandhi.

The Congress enactment released the names of candidates connected May 3, the past day of filing of nominations for the 2 seats, frankincense ending the weeks-long speculation astir enactment candidates for the 2 seats. It was earlier speculated that Priyanka Gandhi would contention from Rebareli and Rahul from Amethi.

Raebareli and Amethi volition spell to polls successful the 5th signifier of Lok Sabha Elections connected May 20. Rahul Gandhi volition contention Lok Sabha Elections 2024 from Uttar Pradesh's Raebareli seat – the Nehru-Gandhi household stronghold vacated by his mother, Sonia Gandhi.

Rahul has is already contested the Lok Sabha elections from Kerala's Wayanad spot that helium won successful 2019. Wayanad went to polls successful 2nd signifier connected April 26.

The Congress is contesting 17 of the 80 Lok Sabha seats successful Uttar Pradesh. In the remaining 63 seats, the INDIA bloc volition person nominees from the Samajwadi Party and different smaller allies.

(With inputs from ANI)

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Published: 05 May 2024, 12:14 PM IST