The Amethi Lok Sabha seat will be contest by Kishori Lal Sharma, a Gandhi family loyalist.
According to sources, Rahul Gandhi will arrive by a special flight at Fursatganj airport at 10:30 a.m. on Friday and will file his nomination papers at 12:15 p.m.
He will thereafter leave for Pune.
Rahul Gandhi’s decision to shift to Raebareli seat has averted a keen contest in Amethi where Union Minister and BJP MP Smriti Irani is seeking a second term.
In Raebareli, he will be facing Dinesh Pratap Singh, a veteran Congressman, who is the BJP candidate.
