‘Decision in three-four days’: Congress on Rahul Gandhi's 'Rae Bareli or Wayanad' dilemma

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The ex-Congress chief won both of his seats in the recently-held Lok Sabha polls..

Rahul Gandhi, who won both the Wayanad and Rae Bareli constituencies in the recently-held Lok Sabha elections, will decide in three to four days which of the two seats he will represent in the upcoming 18th Lok Sabha, the Congress said on Saturday...

The first session of the 18th Lok Sabha is likely to begin around June 15. . 3.6 Crore Indians visited in a single day choosing us as India's undisputed platform for General Election Results..

In Uttar Pradesh's Rae Bareli segment, on the other hand, he bagged 687,649 (66%) votes, while Dinesh Pratap Singh of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) came second with 297,619 (29%) votes, ECI data shows..

Gandhi contested from here after his mother and former Congress president, 5-time Rae Bareli MP Sonia Gandhi, vacated the seat and moved to Rajya Sabha in February due to health issues..

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