Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Friday postponed his visit timings for Amethi in a bid to participate in the ongoing Rafale Debate in the Lower House of the Parliament, Lok Sabha.
Rahul Gandhi who was slated to address a programme in Amethi around 4.30 pm today, will now leave for Amethi after the Parliament session and reach Fursatganj, Amethi in the evening.
Amethi is set for a big face-off as Union Textile Minister Smriti Irani will also be slated to visit Gandhi’s stronghold. However, reports suggest that by the time Rahul Gandhi will arrive in the district, the Textile Minister will be on her way to Lucknow.
Congress District President Yogendra Mishra told Media that, “Amethi MP Rahul Gandhi will land in Lucknow on January 4 and head to Amethi to visit some of the villages there. He will have a night stay at Munshiganj guest house.”
He added that Gandhi will meet his constituency people at the guest house on January 5 and later participate in the swearing-in ceremony of Musafirkhana Adhivakta Sangh.
While Smriti Irani will be attending a programme organized by Raghav Sewa Sansthan during which blankets and financial assistance will be distributed to poor persons and a foundation stone for a school will be laid.
Though both the leaders have visited the area several times in the last five years, this is the first time for Rahul Gandhi in his Constituency after his party registered a resounding victory in three Hindi Heartland States.
Congress President Rahul Gandhi had in 2014 General Elections defeated BJP‘s candidate Smriti Irani from Amethi. Irani’s frequent visits to Amethi hints at that she is expected to contest from the Amethi seat once again in the 2019 General polls for which she has been trying to increase her influence through frequent visits.