Former Congress president Rahul Gandhi, who was unwell since Sunday and had not participated in the Lok Sabha poll campaign, will resume electioneering on Wednesday with public meetings in Maharashtra’s Amravati and Solapur. Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh stated that Mr. Gandhi will address a public meeting in Amravati at 12:30 p.m. and in Solapur at 3:30 p.m. As many as 1,351 candidates from 12 States and Union Territories are in the fray for the third phase of the Lok Sabha elections on May 7, according to the Election Commission. These include eight candidates from Betul seat of Madhya Pradesh, where the election was to be held in the second phase but was postponed to the third following the death of the BSP candidate, the EC said in a statement. The last date for the withdrawal of candidature for all 12 States and Union Territories was April 22.
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