Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi, will file his nomination from Amethi parliamentary constituency on the opening day of fifth phase of the ongoing general elections.
Congress president Sonia Gandhi will also join her son for a road show at Amethi before the Congress vice-president, who is also the sitting MP from the area, files his nomination on Saturday afternoon. Earlier, Rahul had done the same when the Congress president filed her nomination to seek re-entry to the Parliament from Rae Bareli, on April 2. “Rahul Gandhi will be accompanied by his mother Sonia Gandhi during his filing of nomination,” Rahul’s representative, Chandrakant Dubey, told the media at Amethi on Wednesday. “Both the leaders will land at Amhat airport in the neighbouring Sultanpur district from where they will undertake a 60-km-long road show and later Rahul Gandhi will file his nomination papers at Gauriganj,” he said.
Dubey refuted opponents’ allegation of lack of development in the constituency, saying work had been done in every sphere and more development works would be taken up in the future. “Rahul Gandhi will fight the elections on a positive note on issue of development,” he said. The BJP has fielded Varun Gandhi from Sultanpur district, where the aircraft of the Congress leaders will land. The road show will cover a distance of 16 kms in Sultanpur constituency also. Varun Gandhi has already announced that he will not campaign in Amethi.