Former Union minister Akhilesh Das, who rejoined the Congress on January 31 last in New Delhi, was accorded warm welcome on his arrival in the state capita as he called his return as ghar vapsil.
Das, also the president of the Badminton Association of India (BAI), was union minister in the UPA-1 government but was removed and the leader joined the BSP in May 2008.
Talking to reporters at the state Congress office here, Akhikesh Das , son of former UP CM Banarsi Das Gupta, said it was a 'ghar vapsi' for him.
"I have already sought public apology for leaving the Congress and it was greatest fault of my life. I can promise that I won't leave Congress in my life time again, "he announced.
Claiming that ' Notebandi' of Narendra Modi government has turned into 'Rastrabandi' and people will reply to BJP in the elections, Das said BJP has lost its core vote as traders community were its base but now they have too left them.
"The SP-Congress alliance would get 310 seats in UP polls and it is for sure that Rahul Gandhi will become Prime Minister of the country in 2019," he further said.
Praising the present Akhilesh Yadav government, the Congress leader also a former Mayor of lucknow, said that law and order situation in the state is better than any state of the country.
He refused to say anything whether he would be contesting the 2019 lok Sabha polls from lucknow seat. "It is up to the party to decide what will be my role, "he said.
In 2009 lok Sabha polls Akhilesh Das was a BSP candidate and finished third after Congress candidate Rita Bahuguna Joshi from lucknow seat where BJP's lalji Tandon was the winner.