His happiness has increased further with the fact that Priyanka Gandhi Vadra will now contest elections from Wayanad seat.
“Now the situation is doubly beneficial for us. Rahul Gandhi retaining Rae Bareli will mean his increased presence and involvement in party affairs here. Moreover, with Priyanka going to Wayanad, her troupe will also accompany her there and Uttar Pradesh will be free from their clutches,” said a veteran Congress leader, who was expelled from the party by former UPCC chief Ajay Kumar Lallu. When Priyanka was in charge. Of Uttar Pradesh.
On the condition of anonymity, the leader said that Priyanka's team caused the most damage to the Congress in Uttar Pradesh.“His troupe misbehaved with senior leaders, sold tickets at throwaway prices and did not allow anyone to meet Priyanka, who, in any case, was not ready to listen to complaints against her team. It was the misbehavior of his team that led to a mass exodus from the party. Jitin Prasada, RPN Singh, Laliteshpati Tripathi and dozens of other leaders left the Congress,” said another senior party leader.
He further said that those who did not move to greener pastures remained confined to their homes and also stopped coming to the UPCC office.
A senior leader said to be close to Rahul Gandhi said that on one hand Rahul is keen to bring the party stalwarts back into the political mainstream, while on the other hand he wants to include young people in the Congress.Party strategists also feel that Rahul's presence in UP will further strengthen the alliance with Samajwadi Party.
“The results of the 2024 Lok Sabha elections in Uttar Pradesh have indicated that the conversion of votes and seats of the Congress-Samajwadi Party alliance increased after Rahul Gandhi and Akhilesh Yadav decided to contest the 2024 elections from Kannauj and Rae Bareli seats respectively Is. Moreover, there was brotherhood in their relationship and its influence extended to the cadres who worked together in the elections. With Rahul coming here, there will be no room for middlemen to create confusion between the two alliance members,” said a senior leader.
Senior party leaders have called it the right step and said that it is an indication of the party's ever-increasing focus on Uttar Pradesh. The party has already indicated that its alliance with SP will continue.
The Congress, which contested 17 of the 80 Lok Sabha seats in Uttar Pradesh in alliance with the Samajwadi Party and won six, is striving for change and the 2024 election results have provided the desired opportunity.Samajwadi Party won 37 seats, whereas in 2019 it had won five seats.
Rahul Gandhi and Akhilesh focused on issues like caste census, move to change the constitution, rising unemployment and scrapping of Agniveer scheme etc. It worked effectively in the state.
Rahul Gandhi has indicated that he will continue to focus on such issues.
A Samajwadi Party leader said that the alliance of the two leaders will work on the ground.
“There will be trouble if they allow second-tier leaders to initiate talks but with Rahul staying here now, that will be unlikely,” he said."
“Now the situation is doubly beneficial for us. Rahul Gandhi retaining Rae Bareli will mean his increased presence and involvement in party affairs here. Moreover, with Priyanka going to Wayanad, her troupe will also accompany her there and Uttar Pradesh will be free from their clutches,” said a veteran Congress leader, who was expelled from the party by former UPCC chief Ajay Kumar Lallu. When Priyanka was in charge. Of Uttar Pradesh.
On the condition of anonymity, the leader said that Priyanka's team caused the most damage to the Congress in Uttar Pradesh.“His troupe misbehaved with senior leaders, sold tickets at throwaway prices and did not allow anyone to meet Priyanka, who, in any case, was not ready to listen to complaints against her team. It was the misbehavior of his team that led to a mass exodus from the party. Jitin Prasada, RPN Singh, Laliteshpati Tripathi and dozens of other leaders left the Congress,” said another senior party leader.
He further said that those who did not move to greener pastures remained confined to their homes and also stopped coming to the UPCC office.
A senior leader said to be close to Rahul Gandhi said that on one hand Rahul is keen to bring the party stalwarts back into the political mainstream, while on the other hand he wants to include young people in the Congress.Party strategists also feel that Rahul's presence in UP will further strengthen the alliance with Samajwadi Party.
“The results of the 2024 Lok Sabha elections in Uttar Pradesh have indicated that the conversion of votes and seats of the Congress-Samajwadi Party alliance increased after Rahul Gandhi and Akhilesh Yadav decided to contest the 2024 elections from Kannauj and Rae Bareli seats respectively Is. Moreover, there was brotherhood in their relationship and its influence extended to the cadres who worked together in the elections. With Rahul coming here, there will be no room for middlemen to create confusion between the two alliance members,” said a senior leader.
Senior party leaders have called it the right step and said that it is an indication of the party's ever-increasing focus on Uttar Pradesh. The party has already indicated that its alliance with SP will continue.
The Congress, which contested 17 of the 80 Lok Sabha seats in Uttar Pradesh in alliance with the Samajwadi Party and won six, is striving for change and the 2024 election results have provided the desired opportunity.Samajwadi Party won 37 seats, whereas in 2019 it had won five seats.
Rahul Gandhi and Akhilesh focused on issues like caste census, move to change the constitution, rising unemployment and scrapping of Agniveer scheme etc. It worked effectively in the state.
Rahul Gandhi has indicated that he will continue to focus on such issues.
A Samajwadi Party leader said that the alliance of the two leaders will work on the ground.
“There will be trouble if they allow second-tier leaders to initiate talks but with Rahul staying here now, that will be unlikely,” he said."
