New Delhi:
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has chosen a seat between Rae Bareli and Kerala. Rahul became a Lok Sabha MP from UP’s Rae Bareli seat. While Wayanad will resign from the seat. His sister and party’s national general secretary Priyanka Gandhi will contest the by-election from Wayanad.
Rahul Gandhi won from Wayanad and Rae Bareli seat in Lok Sabha Election 2024. As per the rule, the seat has to be vacated within 14 days of the declaration of the result. The election results came on June 4. That is, the last date was till 18th June.
Why Rahul Gandhi had to leave the seat?
Generally, under the Constitution, a person cannot be a member of Parliament or both Houses of Parliament and State Legislature simultaneously. No MP can represent more than one seat in the House. Under Article 101 (1) of the Constitution and Article 68 (1) of the Representation of the People Act, 1951, if a representative wins an election from two seats, he must vacate one seat within 14 days of the announcement of the election. result. Failure to do so will automatically vacate both his seats. Hence Rahul Gandhi had to give up one seat.