Amidst petal shower and slogans of `Sonia Gandhi Zindabad-Priyanka Gandhi Zindabad’, daughter of Congress president and Party’s star campaigner held a massive road show in the Rae Bareli constituency on last day of campaigning on Monday.
Garnering support and blessings from people of the area whom she claimed to be just like her family members, confident Priyanka sees almost no challenge for her mother in Rae Bareli as well as in Amethi, the constituency of her brother Rahul Gandhi, and claimed that both would win with record margin.
“There is no challenge for Congress in Rae Bareli or in Amethi parliamentary constituencies. People here have given us a lot of affection for which we are indebted,” said Priyanka during the five-kilometer road show in Rae Bareli on Monday. During the entire event, Priyanka marched from the residence of the poll manager of her late grandmother Indira Gandhi (Gaya Prasad Shukla) to Congress office at Tilak Bhawan. She also visited the house of Nagar Palika chairperson and local SP leader Mohd Iliyas at Qila Bazar and spent three to four minutes there.
Gandhi also went to Sarveshwar Dham Temple and offered flowers to God Hanuman and sought the blessing of deity. During the march, Priyanka’s sandal also snapped putting a break for a short while. However, party workers immediately bought a new footwear for her and the leader continued with the march.
Meanwhile Congress star campaigner Priyanka Gandhi will start a two-day campaign in Amethi from where her brother and Congress Vice-President Rahul Gandhi is Contesting, from Tuesday. During her visit, she will hold road shows and address meetings in Salon Vidhan Sabha area. Priyanka will address public meetings , hold road shows and even go for padyatra during her campaigning, said Amethi district Congress president Yogendra Mishra.
Priyanka will start her campaign at 1000 am from Patohai and then will go to Dih, Chakennampur and Dharai. Thereafter she will go for padyatra from Ganeshganj to Nasirabad. She will end her campaign for the day at Kutia where she will address a public meeting. Election is Amethi seat will be held on May 7.