New Delhi: Putting rest to all speculations regarding Priyanka Gandhi Vadra contesting the general elections against Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Congress on Thursday fielded Ajay Rai as its candidate from the Varanasi Lok Sabha seat.

In the 2014 Lok Sabha polls, Prime Minister Modi won from Varanasi by a margin of 3.37 lakh votes. AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal and Rai were among the candidates from the seat. While Kejriwal came in the second place, Rai stood third in the vote tally.