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Uttar Pradesh BJP MLA Aditi Singh, in an interview with ANI, alleged that Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi had asked her ex-husband to “talk nonsense” about her character for an election ticket.
Aditi Singh is a two-time MLA from Rae Bareli Sadar, Uttar Pradesh. She left Congress and joined BJP in 2021. This was just before the Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections in 2022.
Singh was married to Punjab Congress MLA Angad Singh Saini. However, Singh recently told ANI that he has been divorced. The news agency shared a clip of the interview on X, formerly known as Twitter.
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Aditi Singh said, “What happened in the end, during the ticket distribution, Priyanka Gandhi said to my husband, ‘You talk nonsense about her.’ She claimed that Gandhi had asked her former husband to speak negatively about her character in order to get a ticket to contest the elections.
He also shared an incident with Congress’ Rahul Gandhi. She said, “Finally I met Rahul Gandhi. He was completely clueless. (He asked) How many MLAs do we have now in UP? I was saying, Sir, seven… and he tilted his head back. And started laughing.” Said.
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Aditi Singh’s statement has come just before the Lok Sabha elections 2024. The Election Commission has announced that Lok Sabha elections will be held in seven phases across the country. The results will be declared on June 4. The tenure of the current 17th Lok Sabha is ending on June 16.
About 96.8 crore voters, including 49.7 crore males and 47.1 crore females, are eligible to exercise their franchise in 543 constituencies. The electorate includes 1.89 crore first-time voters.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the BJP expressed confidence that the party alone will win more than 370 of the 543 Lok Sabha seats, while the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) together will win more than 400 seats. The ruling coalition faces the India Bloc, a grouping of several opposition parties including the Congress.
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Published: March 19, 2024, 10:38 pm IST
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