New Delhi:

Former Congress President Sonia Gandhi has been elected unopposed to Rajya Sabha from Rajasthan after losing from Lok Sabha. In a surprise move, the 77-year-old had filed his nomination from Jaipur, the seat of former prime minister Manmohan Singh, earlier this month.

Mrs Gandhi has been representing Rae Bareli in the Lok Sabha since 2006. He had also won the seat in 2019, when Congress’s performance was at its lowest and Rahul Gandhi had lost another family constituency in Uttar Pradesh – Amethi. Smriti Irani of BJP.

Mrs Gandhi’s innings – which is being seen as a generational change in the Congress – was welcomed by the BJP as a virtual admission of defeat in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections.

“After Congress’s crushing defeat in Amethi, Rae Bareli was next. Sonia Gandhi’s decision to go to Rajya Sabha is an admission of an impending defeat. The Gandhi family has now abandoned all its so-called strongholds. Congress should be wiped out in UP. Will go.” Despite SP offering 11 seats,” BJP’s Amit Malviya had posted on Twitter in the past.