Rahul Gandhi: Amethi, Rae Bareli not different for me, both are family
Rahul Gandhi: Amethi, Rae Bareli not different for me, both are family
Amethi and Rae Bareli are not different for me; both are my family, and I am pleased that Kishori Lal ji, who has been serving the area for 40 years, will represent the party from Amethi,” Rahul wrote on X.
“In the fight against injustice, I seek the love and blessings of my loved ones. I believe that in this fight to save the Constitution and democracy, all of you are standing with me.”
AICC general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra quoted her mother Sonia Gandhi as telling her a few days ago, “My family in Delhi is incomplete; it becomes complete only in Rae Bareli.”
Sonia Gandhi has been MP from Rae Bareli, first represented by her father-in-law Feroze Gandhi, since 2004.
Rahul arrived at Amethi’s Fursatganj by a charter plane at 10.30am, accompanied by Sonia, Priyanka, brother-in-law Robert Vadra, AICC president Mallikarjun Kharge, and Congress veterans KC Venugopal and Ashok Gehlot.
The team split into two groups, with Priyanka and Gehlot going to Amethi while the rest proceeded to Rae Bareli.
In Amethi, Priyanka joined nominee Sharma’s road show and appealed to people to vote for “those who speak the truth and stand for justice”.
Rahul and others reached the Bhuyemau guesthouse for a final check of his documents and waited for Priyanka to join them for the formality of the nomination.
Around 1.30pm, Rahul’s cavalcade reached the Rae Bareli collectorate.
SP functionaries, including two sitting MLAs, were with the Gandhi family throughout the nomination process.
About 30 minutes later, as confirmation arrived that Rahul had submitted his papers to the returning officer, Congress supporters erupted in celebration. Rahul left the collectorate around 2.45pm.
His next stop was a house in the heart of town. As in every election, the family of Gaya Prasad Shukla had organised a puja for the well-being and victory of the Gandhi family’s representative.
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