Rahul expressed confidence about victory from Amethi in Uttar Pradesh, the Nehru-Gandhi family pocketborough where BJP has fielded Smriti Irani and AAP has Kumar Vishwas.
He said he has family relations with Amethi and “We will have a good victory.” Rahul said he had focussed on three things for development of Amethi—working with women bodies, connecting the area with national highways and railways and developing food park.
He will focus on these issues in the future also to generate more employment for youths, he said. Rahul along with Sonia Gandhi, Priyanka and her husband Robert Vadra, reached Amethi after conducting a roadshow through adjoining Sultanpur where his cousin Varun Gandhi is contesting on a BJP ticket.
The roadshow was conducted on a 42-km stretch between Amhart in Sultanpur and Gauriganj in Amethi. Amethi is going to polls on May 7 and Rahul is contesting for the third consecutive time to retain the seat.
The event evoked curosity as this is for the first time Rahul is organising such a political campaign from Sultanpur constituency where another Gandhi family member if fighting against a Congress candidate.
