AMETHI: The Congress party has not yet announced its candidate for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections in Uttar Pradesh’s Amethi constituency, posters featuring Robert Vadra, husband of Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, have appeared outside the party’s office on Wednesday in the Gauriganj area of Amethi.
This recent development has sparked speculation about his potential candidacy, as the nomination filing deadline is rapidly approaching.
The sighting of Robert Vadra’s posters occurred just a day after Union Minister and Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) candidate for Amethi, Smriti Irani, made a comment about Rahul Gandhi and his brother-in-law, suggesting that Vadra has an interest in the constituency, stating, ‘”Jijaji ki nazar hai, saale sahab kya karenge?” (“The brother-in-law has an eye, what will the brother do?”).
Earlier on Tuesday, Irani expressed concerns, saying, ‘There is one thing to worry about, whether Rahul Gandhi knows something or not, his brother-in-law knows Jagdishpur. People of Jagdishpur need to beware now.
If his brother-in-law knows Jagdishpur, every village, every house, every person now needs to hide their property papers.
Smiti Irani emerged victorious over Congress leader Rahul Gandhi in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections in Amethi.
While Congress has not officially declared its candidate for Amethi, the appearance of posters featuring Robert Vadra has become a talk of town.
Earlier, Robert Vadra made a pitch for his own candidature claiming that the people of Amethi expect him to represent their constituency if he thinks of becoming a member of Parliament.
“They want a member of the Gandhi family to return, they will make him the person’s victory with a huge margin, they also expect that if I take my first step in politics, and think of becoming an MP, then I should represent Amethi,” he had said.
Vadra said that the decision on Amethi and Rae Bareli will be taken by the Congress leadership.
“I’m not saying that I will contest from Amethi or Priyanka will contest from Rae Bareli. The decision will be taken by the Congress party,” he said.
Vadra said he had joined hands with Priyanka Gandhi for the Congress campaign in Amethi in the 1999 Lok Sabha polls.
Earlier, on April 16 Congress National General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra’s husband hinted about a political debut in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections. Stating that while he has attempted to stay away from politics he has not ruled out entering the electoral fray if the party feels he can bring about a change.
“I have stayed away from politics, but different political parties wanted to pull me into politics and used tactics to trouble me for being connected to the Gandhi family. I have always been treated as a political tool and a soft target or hard target whenever there is an election,” Vadra told ANI.