Political stirring has intensified here on Tuesday in the wake of Rahul Gandhi's visit with hoardings posters coming up against the local MP in the Harchandpur area.
Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha and Rae Bareli MP Rahul Gandhi reached his parliamentary constituency on Tuesday morning on a two-day visit to Uttar Pradesh.
Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha and Rae Bareli MP Rahul Gandhi attended Disha meeting here on Tuesday.
Paddy procurement will commence in Uttar Pradesh from tomorrow. Officials said here on Monday that the purchasing process will take place on different dates across the districts in the Lucknow division.
Amethi MP KL Sharma, senior party leaders Pramod Tiwari and Aradhana Mishra on Thursday went to the CM office in Lucknow and handed over this letter to Additional Chief Secretary (home) Deepak Kumar.
Jan Adhikar Party (JAP) founder Pappu Yadav, who contested the elections as an independent from Purnea in Bihar, is now campaigning intensively for the Congress in Amethi and Rae Bareli.
Rahul, however, tried to avoid the question and said that he could not hear anything. But his sister Priyanka Gandhi, who was standing by his side, explained to him what the youth was asking.
" The main reason that I am contesting from Rae Bareli is due to my 2 mothers. Sonia Gandhi gave me birth and Indira Gandhi protected me and taught me. Rae Bareli is the Karambhoomi of both my mothers," Rahul Gandhi said while addressing a rally in Maharajganj area of the constituency.
The Congress on Monday appointed former Rajasthan chief minister Ashok Gehlot and former Chhattisgarh chief minister Bhupesh Baghel as party’s senior observers for Uttar Prdaesh’s Amethi and Rae Bareli, respectively.
Priyanka is scheduled to reach Rae Bareli this evening and hold a workers meeting of Raebareli and Amethi.
