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.
The seized properties belonged to Congress-linked Associated Journals Ltd. (AJL) and Young Indian Limited.
The Congress leader said democracy is under threat from the BJP and the RSS in Mizoram, in the northeast and across India.
The conference, ‘Magalir Urimai Maanadu’, is part of the DMK's centenary celebrations of late party patriarch and former Chief Minister, M. Karunanidhi.
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