Updated On: 18 May, 2024 11:49 AM IST | Amethi (Uttar Pradesh) | mid-day online correspondent
Sonia Gandhi contested and won Amethi in 1999 before passing the baton on to Rahul in 2004. Before Sonia, former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi had won from Raebareli three times

Ashok Gehlot. File pic
Congressman Ashok Gehlot, a former chief minister of Rajasthan, stated on Friday that he was confident his party would win the 2024 Lok Sabha election. He predicted the Congress would establish an INDIA bloc government and win both the Amethi and Raebareli seats with a sizable majority. "The government will be formed on June 4th, when the INDIA alliance will receive favourable results. Nobody took the BJP`s statements seriously, and the INDIA coalition spread over the entire nation. He told ANI that "Congress is going to win both the Amethi and Raebareli seats with a huge majority."
Meanwhile, Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, Congress Leader Sonia Gandhi and Congress candidate from Raebareli constituency Rahul Gandhi held a joint rally along with Samajwadi Party Chief and candidate from Kannauj Lok Sabha seat Akhilesh Yadav in Uttar Pradesh`s Raebareli on Friday.