Congress President Rahul Gandhi is on a two-day tour of his parliamentary constituency Amethi starting Wednesday. Rahul Gandhi said he would meet and discuss issues with people in his home constituency.
“I am coming to Amethi. Will be with my people and discuss issues with them. Will keep sharing the details of my story of happiness with you by way of pictures,” Gandhi said in a Facebook post. Congress President Rahul Gandhi is on a two-day tour of his parliamentary constituency Amethi starting Wednesday.
During his stay, Gandhi is scheduled to meet representatives of gram panchayats at Fursatganj. He will also take part in the swearing-in of newly elected bar members in Gauriganj, his representative Chandrakant Dubey had said.
Gandhi will address a ‘nukkad sabha’ at Haliyapur and stay the night at Bhueymau guest house, where he will meet party workers on the second day of his visit before leaving for Delhi, Dubey had said.
Gandhi was scheduled to visit Amethi on January 4 but it was cancelled in view of the Winter session of Parliament. His visit would have clashed with Union Minister Smriti Irani‘s Amethi trip, which was also scheduled for the same day and was being seen as the first major political face-off ahead of the general elections.
Congress ever since being dropped out of the BSP-SP alliance has intensified its hunt in the Uttar Pradesh- the state that sends 80 parliamentarians to the lower House of the Parliament.
Speaking to Media, Rahul Gandhi who said “We have no enmity with Mayawati ji and Akhilesh ji, infact I respect them a lot. We are ready to cooperate with them wherever possible. Ultimately the aim of all three of us is to defeat BJP, but yes our fight is to save Congress ideology” He added, “Priyanka Gandhi and Jyotiraditya Scindia are powerful leaders. We wanted the young leaders to change Uttar Pradesh politics”
Congress President Rahul Gandhi: We have no enmity with Mayawati ji and Akhilesh ji, infact I respect them a lot. We are ready to cooperate with them wherever possible. Ultimately the aim of all three of us is to defeat BJP, but yes our fight is to save Congress ideology https://t.co/lmhMit5N91
— ANI (@ANI) January 23, 2019
Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Priyanka Gandhi: Mujhe personally bahut khushi ho rahi hai ki woh ab mere saath kaam karengi, woh bahut karmat hain. Jyotiraditya Scindia bhi bahut dynamic leader hain. BJP wale ghabraaye hue hain. pic.twitter.com/8QpfJjJdO3
— ANI (@ANI) January 23, 2019
Congress in a major move on Wednesday, appointed Priyanka Gandhi as the General Secretary of the party to look after affairs in the Eastern Uttar Pradesh. This is the first time she will be seen in a major role in the party’s organisational hierarchy. She is expected to take formal charge from the first week of next month. Incidentally both – Amethi and Rae Bareli – is a party of East party of Uttar Pradesh. Priyanka Gandhi in past has kept herself limited to Campaigning for Rahul Gandhi and Sonia Gandhi.
Rahul Gandhi is expected to hold at least 12 rallies in Uttar Pradesh starting from Lucknow. The Congress chief is likely to address a rally in Lucknow after his Patna rally on February 3. The venues and dates for the other 11 rallies will be decided by the state leaders in the coming days. The Congress chief will also tour states like Madhya Pradesh, Odisha and Chhattisgarh in the coming days. Congress charts out plan for Lok Sabha Polls, Rahul Gandhi to hold rallies in Patna, Bhubaneswar, Raipur