Besides Amethi, Rahul may contest from south India too

Amid demands from party activists, Congress President Rahul Gandhi may contest the Lok Sabha polls from a seat in Karnataka apart from Amethi in Uttar Pradesh where his candidature has already been announced.

There have been demands from Congress activists that Gandhi should be a candidate from a seat in southern India too.

In 2014, Prime Minister Narendra Modi contested from two seats: Varanasi and Vadodara.

--IANS

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