By fielding Rahul Gandhi in the battle of Rae Bareli, Congress leader Sonia Gandhi has hit many birds with one stone.  The message has been given that the political heir of the Gandhi family is only Rahul Gandhi.  There is no double power center in the family.  However, there is doubt whether the energy of local Congress workers will remain the same as before due to Priyanka not contesting. In the 2019 elections, Congress was able to save only Rae Bareli seat.  Rahul Gandhi lost the stronghold of Amethi.  This time there were talks of fielding Rahul from Amethi and Priyanka Gandhi from Rae Bareli.  According to sources, Rahul Gandhi had refused to contest elections from UP.  In such a situation, he was persuaded to go to Rae Bareli citing his heritage.  Because, even in adverse circumstances, the people of Rae Bareli did not leave the Congress.  Rahul agreed to this and filed his nomination on the last day.  The stake has been placed on Kishori Lal Sharma, a confidant of the Gandhi family from Amethi.In the changed circumstances, even the election of Rae Bareli is no longer easy.  Here BJP has again fielded Dinesh Singh.  He had lost to Sonia Gandhi in the last Lok Sabha elections from Rae Bareli.  BJP increased his stature by first making him MLC and then Minister (Independent Charge).  In the year 2009, Congress got 72.23 percent votes here, while in 2019 it got 55.80 percent.  While BJP was at 3.82 percent in 2009, it reached 21.05 percent in 2014 and 38.36 percent in 2019.  Now Unchahar MLA Manoj Pandey has also left SP and is with BJP.  Therefore, there is bound to be a dent in the Brahmin votes going with the Congress.