April 25, 2019, The Liberacy:- Rubbishing all the talks about Priyanka Gandhi contesting against the Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Varanasi, Indian Nation Congress (INC) today gave the ticket to Ajay Rai to contest against Modi.
This is not the first time that Ajay Rai is contesting against Modi. In 2014 elections, Ajay Rai lost the Varanasi Seat coming third in the table after Narendra Modi and Arvind Kejriwal with a huge margin.
Party | Candidate | Votes |
BJP | Narendra Modi | 5,81,022 |
AAP | Arvind Kejriwal | 2,09,238 |
INC | Ajay Rai | 75,614 |
BSP | Vijay Prakash Jaiswal | 60,579 |
Priyanka Gandhi had said in the past that she will contest against PM Modi in Varanasi if her brother asks her to.