UP President of Congress, Ajai Rai, will contest from Varanasi seat against the PM Narendra Modi.Congress released the fourth list of its candidates on Saturday night.  Nine candidates in the list are from UP.  In this, the party has given a chance to Ajay Rai from Varanasi.  He will have a direct contest with Prime Minister Narendra Modi on this seat.  Apart from this, Pradeep Jain has been given ticket from Jhansi.  Apart from this, the party has expressed confidence in Akhilesh Pratap Singh from Deoria, Tanuj Punia from Barabanki, Danish Ali from Amroha, Alok Mishra from Kanpur, Imran Masood from Saharanpur, Ramnath Shikarwar from Fatehpur and Sadan Prasad from Bansgaon.  Let us tell you that under the Indian alliance, Congress has got 17 seats in the state.

Rae Bareli and Amethi seats have not been disclosed in this list.  There has been speculation for a long time as to who will contest from these traditional seats of the Gandhi family.  It is known that Sonia Gandhi has been elected to Rajya Sabha some time ago.  She was the MP from Rae Bareli.  So in the 2019 elections, Rahul Gandhi lost the election from Amethi.