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Rae Bareli: Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra being addresses during a public meeting for the Lok Sabha elections, in Rae Bareli, Monday, May 13, 2024.

Apart from this, the Congress in its various posts on X complained of EVM malfunctioning and accused the BJP of not allowing people to cast votes in three booths in Bela Khara village in Rae Bareli district.

During the initial investigation, the police found that Poonam had lodged an FIR against the accused in Rae Bareli on August 18 for eve-teasing and under the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989.

He knows he would lose Wayanad this time,” Modi said, referring to Rahul Gandhi’s decision to contest from Rae Bareli.

If Priyanka Gandhi contests the Lok Sabha elections, she is also likely to choose Rae Bareli over Amethi.

In 2014, the party won two seats — Rae Bareli and Amethi — and its vote share was 7.53%.

Rahul baba, I can tell you the result of the Rae Bareli election.

Rahul Gandhi is Congress' candidate from Rae Bareli the seat held by his mother Sonia Gandhi for the last two decades.

Samajwadi Party (SP) president Akhilesh Yadav on Saturday in Sultanpur said that Rae Bareli and Amethi would be among the Lok Sabha seats where the INDIA bloc candidates register victories with record margins.

Sonia Gandhi assured the people that Rahul would uphold the values she cherished, ones instilled in her by Indira Gandhi and the people of Rae Bareli.

Speaking at a public event in Lucknow, Mr. Gandhi, who is contesting from Rae Bareli, invited Prime Minister Narendra Modi for a debate.

The 18th Lok Sabha has 542 elected members, with a bypoll pending in Wayanad after its MP Rahul Gandhi vacated it to retain his second seat, Rae Bareli.

The decision of Rahul contesting from Rae Bareli came after the sitting MP from that seat Sonia Gandhi decided not to contest the elections in 2024.

The seat was vacated by Rahul Gandhi after he was elected to the Lok Sabha from both Rae Bareli and Wayanad in the parliamentary polls held in April-May.

The support of the SP in Amethi and Rae Bareli is crucial for the Congress because the grand old party had regularly managed to win these seats over the past few decades despite its poor show in the state due to the former’s backing among other factors.

While Mr Gandhi is likely to contest from Amethi again, in addition to Kerala's Wayanad, all eyes are on the Rae Bareli seat, from where his sister and Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra is expected to make her political debut.

The five accused — Shubham, Shivam Trivedi, Hari Shankar, Umesh, and Ram Kishore — had allegedly poured petrol on the rape survivor to prevent her from going to Baiswara railway station from where she was supposed to board a train for Rae Bareli.

After joining the BJP, the Uttar Pradesh government had withdrawn a criminal case filed against him in 2013 for blocking the Sultanpur-Rae Bareli Highway and throwing traffic out of gear during a violent protest.

At the Bhueymau guest house in Rae Bareli on Thursday, Priyanka had called on the party workers to highlight among the people the alleged failures and failed promises of the Modi government.

Born and brought up in a family from Mustafabad in Rae Bareli district of UP, which has been practising and preserving the oral tradition of this art form, Askar Naqvi has been performing Sozk-hwani, Marsia Khwani, and Nauha khwani since childhood.