In Pics: Priyanka Gandhi campaigns for Rahul Gandhi in Amethi

Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi Saturday (April 12) filed his nomination papers from the Amethi Lok Sabha constituency.He was accompanied by his mother, Congress president Sonia Gandhi, and sister Priyanka Gandhi Vadra.The Congress leader arrived in Sultanpur and held a road show from there to Gauriganj in Amethi before driving to the district magistrate's office to file his papers, Congress leaders said.Sonia Gandhi has filed her papers from Rae Bareli constituency.Rahul Gandhi, the incumbent member from Amethi, is locked in a three-cornered contest in Amethi, with the Bharatiya Janata Party fielding TV's 'favourite bahu' Smriti Irani and the Aam Aadmi Party Kumar Vishwas.While Vishwas has been camping in Amethi for the last two months, Irani has also been in town for the last few days.Both leaders have accused Rahul Gandhi of neglecting development in his constituency.Roses, family camaraderie mark Rahul's nominationFlanked by his mother and Congress president Sonia Gandhi, sister Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, brother-in-law Robert Vadra and niece Miraya, Rahul Gandhi earlier held a roadshow from Amhat in Sultanpur to Gauriganj in Amethi.Enroute to the collectorate where he filed his papers a little after 2 p.m., several hundreds of party workers, supporters and residents lined up along the roads as they showered rose petals on Gandhi's motorcade.More than 500 kg of rose petals had been purchased and stacked up for use in a village house, party leaders said.While Vadra was not present during the filing of nomination papers by Sonia Gandhi in Rae Bareli, his presence on Saturday made the family complete.Seeking a third term from the constituency once represented by his father, late former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi, and his mother Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi's name was endorsed by four proposers.Later, talking to reporters waiting outside the district magistrate's office, the Congress leader said he was confident of being re-elected from the seat.Invoking his 'family connection' with the people of Amethi, Gandhi said he was working in the region for the last decade and a lot of work has been done for women empowerment, roads and dairy development.Hoping for an 'acchi jeet' (good margin of victory) from the family pocket borough, he alleged that while the opposition parties were polarising people, the Congress believed in uniting them.Former parliamentarian from Amethi and senior Congress leader Satish Sharma was also present during the filing of papers.Amethi will go to polls May 7.