Congress leader Sonia Gandhi tried to strike an emotional chord with the voters of Rae Bareli by announcing to hand over her son Rahul Gandhi to them while addressing a joint rally of India Alliance.
" 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.
In a video message, the CPP chairperson said, “The sight of our Constitution and democracy being under threat, our poor being left behind, and the fact that the fabric of our society is being torn apart fills me with anguish.”
Rahul is pitted against the BJP's Dinesh Pratap Singh in Raebareli. The Gandhi scion is also contesting the Lok Sabha polls from Wayanad in Kerala.
In a major setback to the Congress party, two of its leaders and observers for two Lok Sabha seats in Delhi, Neeraj Basoya and Naseeb Singh have resigned from the party.
Congress Parliamentary party leader Sonia Gandhi and MP Rahul Gandhi on Friday participated in a protest outside Mahatma Gandhi’s statue…
The saffron party fielded senior leader Ravi Shankar Prasad who asked Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge and senior leader Sonia Gandhi to clear their party's stand on his remarks.
UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi, who was admitted to Sir Gangaram Hospital is stable and under observation, the Hospital said on Friday.
''The successful completion of ‘Bharat Jodo Yatra’ has reaffirmed our faith that the people of India overwhelmingly want tolerance and harmony,'' asserted the Congress Parliamentary Party leader.
Former Congress President Sonia Gandhi on Saturday accused the BJP of fuelling the fire of fear among the people of the country.
