Amid the suspense over the Congress’s Amethi candidate for Lok Sabha elections, posters demanding a poll pass for Priyanka Gandhi Vadra’s husband Robert Vadra have cropped up outside the local party office in the Gauriganj area of Amethi, Uttar Pradesh.

The posters read, “Amethi ki janta kare pukar, Robert Vadra ab ki baar”, meaning “the people of Amethi want Robert Vadra this time”.

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This development has fueled speculation about his potential candidacy, as the nomination filing deadline rapidly approaches.

The posters were put up a day after Union minister and BJP’s candidate for Amethi, Smriti Irani, took a jibe at Rahul Gandhi and his brother-in-law suggesting that Vadra has an eye on the constituency, stating, “Jijaji ki nazar hai, saale sahab kya karenge? (Brother-in-law is eyeing the seat, what will he (Rahul Gandhi) do?)”

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Amethi will go to poll on May 20 in the fifth phase of Lok Sabha polls, and the last day for filing nominations is May 3. While the BJP has announced sitting MP and Union Minister Smriti Irani as its candidate, the Congress is yet to name its pick.

Amethi has been a Gandhi family stronghold, represented in the past by Sanjay Gandhi, Rajiv Gandhi, Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi. In the 2019 election, Irani pulled off a stunning victory over Rahul Gandhi, who managed to score a win in Kerala’s Wayanad. This year too, Gandhi is contesting from Wayanad, which votes on Friday. With nominations for Amethi open till May 3, Gandhi may file his papers after the polling in the Kerala seat. Recently, he was asked if he would be Congress’s candidate in Amethi too. “I will do whatever the party orders me,” he replied.

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Vadra has, meanwhile, sparked a buzz after he said the people of Amethi feel that if he contests there, “they’ll have the option of correcting their mistake of electing Smritiji”. “I am sure they will ensure my victory by a huge margin if I contest,” he said earlier.