New Delhi:
Congress chief Rahul Gandhi has resigned from the Wayanad Lok Sabha seat of Kerala and retained the Raebareli constituency in Uttar Pradesh, the Lok Sabha Secretariat mentioned on Tuesday.
A Lok Sabha bulletin mentioned his resignation has been accepted with impact from June 18.
Ending hypothesis on the difficulty, Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge introduced on Monday the choice on the 2 seats after the get together’s prime brass held discussions at his residence within the nationwide capital.
Rahul Gandhi’s sister Priyanka Gandhi Vadra will make her electoral debut by contesting the Wayanad bypoll.
Following Rahul Gandhi’s resignation from one of many two seats he had gained, the Congress’ tally within the Decrease Home now stands at 98.
That is the primary emptiness to be created within the just-formed 18th Lok Sabha.
“Shri Rahul Gandhi, an elected member of Lok Sabha from two constituencies viz Wayanad and Rae Bareli parliamentary constituencies of Kerala and Uttar Pradesh, respectively, has resigned his seat in Lok Sabha from Wayanad parliamentary constituency of Kerala and his resignation has been accepted by the speaker with impact from June 18,” a Lok Sabha bulletin mentioned.
If Priyanka Gandhi is elected from Wayanad, it is going to be the primary time that every one three Gandhi members of the family — Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi — will probably be in Parliament collectively.
Sonia Gandhi is now a member of the Rajya Sabha.
Earlier than a 1996 modification within the electoral legal guidelines, there was no bar on the variety of seats an individual might contest.
If a candidate wins from two seats, she or he has to give up one inside 14 days of the election or faces the opportunity of shedding each the seats.
The profitable candidates will take oath as Lok Sabha members on June 24 and 25.
The primary session of the brand new Lok Sabha commences on June 24.
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