Haji Haroon Rasheed, son of Haji Sultan Khan, who had signed as the proposer on the nomination forms of Rajiv Gandhi in the 1991 parliamentary elections and Sonia Gandhi in 1999, told IANS that they felt "completely sidelined" in the Congress.
Amid demands from party activists, Congress President Rahul Gandhi may contest the Lok Sabha polls from a seat in Karnataka apart from Amethi in Uttar Pradesh where his candidature has already been announced.
Countering the claim, Gandhi said, “In 2010, in Amethi, I myself laid the foundation stone of the ordnance factory. From last so many years, the production of small arms is taking place. Yesterday, you visited Amethi and again lied. Don’t you feel shame at all?"
Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed a public rally in Uttar Pradesh's Amethi, the parliamentary constituency of Congress president Rahul Gandhi.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is going to address two of his most important rallies today. He will be addressing a rally in Amethi followed by Sankalp rally in Patna.
The Congress chief will also tour states like Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh in the coming days.
Amethi and Rae Bareli are the two Lok Sabha seats left out for the Congress by the BSP-SP alliance in the state. Lok Sabha elections 2019 is scheduled to take place in the months of April-May.
During his two-day visit, the Congress chief is expected to take part in several party programmes and a meeting of the district vigilance and monitoring committee, the leader said.
Smriti Irani taunted Rahul Gandhi for wearing 'janeu' and his temple visits during campaigning for Assembly elections in Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Rajasthan.
Lok Sabha elections 2019: In the 2014 election, though the Union textiles minister was trounced by Gandhi, she maintained her contact with the constituency, nurturing it and visiting it frequently.
While Rahul Gandhi, who defeated Irani in the 2014 general election, will be in Amethi on Friday and Saturday, the Union textiles minister will be participating in a series of events during her day-long trip on January 4.
Both were rushed to a community health centre in Musafirkhana but succumbed to their injuries during treatment.
The grand old party chief was also presented a portrait of Lord Shiva by the 'Shiv bhakts'.
His scheduled programs include laying the foundation stones of development projects that would be implemented using his MPLAD funds.
Rahul Gandhi reaches Amethi, offers prayer to Lord Shiva. He was spotted carrying a saffron cloth on his shoulder.
During his visit, the Congress chief will take part in the district vigilance and monitoring committee meeting at the Collectorate in Gauriganj, district unit president of the party, Yogendra Misra said.
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Congress president Rahul Gandhi also accused him of playing in the hands of select industrialists.
Gandhi also alleged that the RSS saw people through the prism of religion and caste. The Congress party considers everyone as human being, he clarified.
The BJP chief said it did not want to give up its alliance with old time ally Shiv Sena in Maharashtra but insisted that the BJP would have no option if the Sena wanted to part ways with it.
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