The Congress on Thursday decided not to field its ace-in-the-sleeve - Priyanka Gandhi Vadra - from Varanasi, putting to rest intense speculation that she will take on Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the eastern Uttar Pradesh constituency. The party instead announced the candidature of Ajay Rai, who had contested from the seat in 2014 also, and finished third with 75,000 votes. What would have been The Contest of 2019 has been reduced to a no-contest with the PM likely to score a huge win.