Amethi is a home-place : Sonia Gandhi

Refreshing the memories of her family with Amethi, Congress president Sonia Gandhi said it is like a home place to us and all the natives are our family members."Amethi is our work place...the people of this constituency have always walked shoulder-to-shoulder with our family," Gandhi said while campaigning in favour of her son Rahul Gandhi, who is Congress candidate from Amethi lok Sabha, on Saturday afternoon.

 The Congress supremo, who visited this constituency to seek vote in favour of her son after a decade claimed that her mother-in-law and former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi handed over the charge of this constituency to her husband Rajiv Gandhi and now she have repeated the same by giving it to Rahul."The people of Amethi have always showered unconditional love and support to Rahul and his sister Priyanka and I thank them for it," she said thankfully. "I am proud that Rahul, the sitting MP from Amethi, is doing 

extremely well for the people of this constituency," Gandhiremarked. Amethi was on the path of advancement, where an education hub and mega food park are being developed, she claimed.

The Congress president further recalled the contributions made by her husband and former MP Rajiv Gandhi. There was a time, when only few PCOs were spotted in the district, but now every person is carrying cell-phone, she noted. Mentioning the achievements of the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government, Gandhi said that the Food grain Security Act is the major achievement of the Party.She lashed the political parties for targeting Congress in the name of corruption. "Congress has initiated stringent action against the people accused of corruption,"Sonia Gandhi stated. She further hit out at the BJP for discriminating the people on the basis of caste and religions.

The Amethi lok Sabha seat is going to polls in the fifth phase on May 7 next. Meanwhile reports from Rae Bareli confirmed that one person was killed and 3 others were injured when a tree fell on the campaign vehicle of Congress president Sonia Gandhi, who is contesting from the seat.  According to reports, a tree fell on the vehicle when a storm lashed in the Tikra village under Sadar assembly segment on Saturday afternoon.  While Nasir died on the spot, other three were admitted to the hospital where condition of two is stated to be critical. Polling for the Rae Bareli seat will be held on April 30.