‘Rahul Gandhi was ready to give up’: Samajwadi Party leader on 2024 Raebareli contest

Talking about Rahul Gandhi, Patel said that it was due to the efforts of Akhilesh Yadav, the national President of the SP who "who reassured and persuaded him" that Gandhi agreed to contest from Rae Bareli. He said that Yadav went on to warn the Congress leader that the SP would field its own candidate from Rae Bareli if Gandhi refused to contest.

New Delhi: Samajwadi Party (SP) leader Shivpal Singh Patel has claimed that the Congress Party would not have won a single seat in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, had it not been for the alliance between the Congress and SP. Patel is party MP from Pratapgarh.

Patel further claimed that at one point during the election campaign, Rahul Gandhi was “ready to give up his seat”. The leader said that the Congress leader only agreed to contest from Rae Bareli after “an assurance from Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh........

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