Mr. Gandhi lost in 2019's previous election in the adjacent Amethi constituency, but he won in Wayanad, Kerala। It is notable that he is competing for the same post in the present election.
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi filed his papers from Uttar Pradesh's Rae Bareli constituency, barely an hour before nominations closed for the Lok Sabha seat on May 3.
The Congress declared Rae Bareli's candidacy earlier in the morning, ending the speculation around Amethi and Rae Bareli. His mother Sonia Gandhi had held the seat for the previous 20 years.
In 2019, Mr. Gandhi was unsuccessful in the adjacent Amethi constituency but triumphant in Wayanad, Kerala, a seat he is again vying for.
At approximately 2:00 p.m. on the final day to file nominations for the May 20 phase of voting, he filed his papers accompanied by Congress leaders Mallikarjun Kharge, Sonia Gandhi, and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra.
Robert Vadra, Mr. Gandhi's brother-in-law, was also present. The family was escorted by former chief minister of Rajasthan, Ashok Gehlot.
The leaders traveled to nearby Rae Bareli after arriving at the Fursatganj airstrip in Amethi. To support the former party president, a sizable contingent of Congress employees as well as members of other INDIA bloc allies showed up to the district collectorate.
Kishori Lal Sharma, a close associate to the Gandhi family, was also fielded by the Congress on Friday in the Amethi Lok Sabha constituency.
Mr. Gandhi is running from the seat that his grandpa Feroze Gandhi, grandmother Indira Gandhi, and mother Sonia Gandhi previously occupied.
Dinesh Pratap Singh was declared as the BJP's candidate from Rae Bareli on Thursday. In the Lok Sabha elections of 2019, he was defeated by Sonia Gandhi.
Raul Gandhi and Akhilesh Yadav, the leader of the Samajwadi Party, were featured on posters that were delivered to the Congress headquarters in Gauriganj, Amethi district, on Thursday night.
The Gandhis were made fun of by the union minister and Amethi MP, who has already submitted her candidacy papers from that seat once more, for not fielding a family member to challenge her.
Rahul Gandhi files nomination from Rae Bareli