In its strategy best known to the Congress party, KL Sharma has been fielded on the Amethi seat. While there were strong waves of speculations that the Gandhi siblings would contest from both the citadels of the party and their big posters were displayed in the offices of Amethi and Raebareli, Kishori Lal Sharma’s name erupted on the eleventh hour only to surprise everyone.
The party workers wanted to see Priyanka Gandhi fighting this time. This is a once-in-a-five-year opportunity to prove one’s mettle or to try one’s luck. These constituencies (Amethi and Raebareli) always had VVIP candidates from the oldest party in India, so Priyanka was talked about as a strong choice. But after the announcement of both the candidates, the daughter of Gandhis has something different to say.
#WATCH | Uttar Pradesh: Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra says “I am in a rush because I have to leave for Raebareli to attend the nomination filing of ‘bhaiya’ (Rahul Gandhi). Kishori Lal Sharma is going to contest from Amethi and you know him for 40 years. He is… pic.twitter.com/xU9spBqpyT
— ANI (@ANI) May 3, 2024
She has no mark of sulkiness on her face. Rather, Priyanka Gandhi Vandra came to the fore to campaign for the new candidate of the party from Amethi. She cheered for Kishori Lal Sharma and said that he’s not a new face in Amethi or Raebareli. People and she have seen him serving the constituencies for the last 35 to 40 years. People know him very well and because he has worked extensively on the ground, he knows what are the issues of Amethi and how should they be tackled. Priyanka urges people to vote for Sharma and support him for his loyalty towards the territory for almost four decades.
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Priyanka Gandhi, in her latest video after the candidates’s announcement says she is in a bit of a hurry because she has to go to Raebareli to be with bhaiya (Rahul Gandhi) for his nomination. All seems well in the Gandhi family. Priyanka Gandhi seems happily campaigning for the candidates.