Fact check: Has Congress fielded Rahul and Priyanka Gandhi from Amethi-Rae Bareli? What is the truth of a viral post?

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Let us tell you that for the Lok Sabha Election 2024, voting is going on in 7 phases. The third phase of voting is scheduled to take place on May 7. Polling for the Amethi and Rae Bareli seats is scheduled for the fifth phase on May 20.

The list, which went viral on social media, is in two different formats, with the name of Congress general secretary KC Venugopal and the date 30 April 2024. One list shows Rahul Gandhi as the Congress candidate from Amethi and Priyanka Gandhi from Rae Bareli, while the other list, in contrast, shows Priyanka Gandhi as the Congress candidate from Amethi and Rahul Gandhi as the Congress candidate from Rae Bareli.

one x user Sharing the viral list, he wrote, ‘Rahul Gandhi will contest from Amethi, Priyanka Gandhi will contest from Rae Bareli #RahulGandhi #LokasabhaElection2024’

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Facebook But while sharing the list in a different format, the user wrote, ‘Priyanka Gandhi will contest from Amethi and Rahul Gandhi will contest from Rae Bareli.’

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Boom We checked official Congress social media accounts (X, Facebook and Instagram) to verify the viral claim, but we did not find any such information or press release. We did not find any information or press release regarding this on the Congress website either.

We searched for media reports regarding the viral claim, but there too we did not find any credible news in which Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi were announced as Congress candidates from Amethi and Rae Bareli.

In fact, the last date for nomination for Amethi and Rae Bareli Lok Sabha seats is 3 May 2024.

Congress spokesperson Supriya Sreeneth was contacted for further clarification on the viral list. “The viral list showing Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi as Congress candidates from Amethi and Rae Bareli is fake,” he said.

It may be mentioned that BJP has announced Union Minister Smriti Irani as its candidate from Amethi. But has not announced the name of his candidate from Rae Bareli yet.

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