Chumoukedima, Nagaland, April 25 (HBTV): Indian National Congress leaders Priyanka Gandhi Vadra and Rahul Gandhi are likely to contest the Lok Sabha election from Rae Bareli and Amethi seats, respectively, in Uttar Pradesh, sources said on Thursday.            

According to sources, the final decision will be taken after April 26 and nominations can be filed next week.   

Union Minister Smriti Irani defeated Congress leader Rahul Gandhi in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections from Amethi. Irani has again been fielded by the Bharatiya Janata Party for the seat.        

According to the seat agreement between the Samajwadi Party and Congress in Uttar Pradesh, the Congress will contest 17 seats and the Samajwadi Party 63 seats in the electorally crucial state.             

Apart from its traditional strongholds of Rae Bareli and Amethi, the Congress is also contesting in Varanasi, Ghaziabad, and Kanpur.                

Earlier, posters featuring Robert Vadra, husband of Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, appeared outside the party's office on Wednesday in the Gauriganj area of Amethi. This raised speculations of a possible ticket for Vadra.                

However, the Congress appears to want to put up a fight for every seat and has thus decided on fielding the Gandhi siblings.      

Amethi and Rae Bareli Lok Sabha constituencies will vote in the fifth phase of the Lok Sabha elections on May 20.