Rahul Gandhi, the congress leader on Tuesday posted a short video thanking voters from both Wayanad and Raebareli. He was also questioned about whether he would like to remain an MP from Wayanad or Raebareli.
In a 30-second video, Rahul Gandhi thanked the voters for their immense love and support.
“I am being questioned whether I will remain an MP for Wayanad or Raebareli seat. If it was in my control, I would have liked to remain an MP from both places,” said Gandhi.
Gandhi defeated CPI’s Annie Raja in Kerala’s Wayanad Lok Sabha seat, by a margin of over 3.5 lakh votes.
He got 6,47,445 votes, which was lower than the 7,06,367 votes he got in 2019 from the same constituency.
The Congress leader’s victory in the Wayanad constituency in 2019, paved his way to the Lok Sabha after his defeat in Amethi.
Rahul Gandhi defeated BJP’s Dinesh Pratap in Uttar Pradesh’s Raebareli Lok Sabha seat, Singh by a margin of 3,90,030 votes.
In the previous polls, Sonia Gandhi, mother of Rahul Gandhi had won the seat.
Before he lost to Smriti Irani, Rahul represented the Amethi seat from 2004 to 2019.
Rahul Gandhi’s thanking note
Earlier in the day, thanking voters for supporting the Congress party and the INDIA bloc, Rahul Gandhi said, “UP ki janta ne kamaal karke dikha diya…”
The people of UP understood the politics of the country and the danger to the Constitution, and they safeguarded the Constitution, said Rahul.
On June 5, the INDIA bloc partners will hold a meeting to decide further course of action.
“We are going to have a meeting with our INDIA alliance partners tomorrow…we respect our alliance partners and we won’t make statements to the press without asking them,” said Rahul Gandhi.
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