Rahul Gandhi landed at the airport in adjoining Amethi district around 1 pm and from there headed to Nasirabad village in Raebareli where the man was killed.
In Amethi, Priyanka Gandhi alleged that Prime Minister Modi is seeking votes not for his performance, but in the name of religion.
Amethi has been a stronghold of the Congress party for decades. The seat is also known as the Gandhi family bastion until being won by Smriti Irani in 2019 against Rahul Gandhi.
Incumbent MP and BJP leader Smriti Irani has recently challenged Rahul Gandhi to contest solo from the Uttar Pradesh's Amethi seat in the Lok Sabha Elections 2024. She had earlier defeated the Congress leader from Amethi by a margin of 55,120 votes in 2019.
The police have detained the shopkeeper and his two sons from whom the girls had purchased the snacks.
Jaitley had sent a proposal to the Rae Bareli district administration to install 200 solar-powered high-mast lights from his MPLAD funds.
The CBI officials had reached the accident site of Unnao rape survivor in Rae Bareli on Wednesday. As part of its probe in the case, the CBI has revealed that the Unnao rape victim's car was being driven at a speed of 100 kms per hour and that the truck was moving on the wrong side of the road. Further investigations into the accident of Unnao rape victim is underway, the CBI said.
Even as the 'conspiracy' theory in the accident of the Unnao rape survivor spins into a major political controversy, Uttar Pradesh Police claims in hushed tones that it was a 'mere accident'. The state government which is in a defensive mode on the issue has already said that it is prepared to recommend a CBI inquiry into the accident in which one witness of the Unnao rape case was killed on Sunday.
Party leaders, who met UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi and Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi in Bhuyemau Guest house in Rae Bareli on Wednesday, said that the party should make an effort to stand on its own feet.
As per the affidavit filed by Gandhi during submitting her nomination, she only has Rs 60,000 in cash and fixed deposits to the tune of Rs 16.59 lakh.
The Congress chief will also tour states like Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh in the coming days.
PM Modi's visit is seen as a strategy of the BJP to pin the Congress leadership in their respective constituencies in the 2019 Lok Sabha polls.
The video released yesterday showed one of the inmates calling someone using a mobile phone to order liquor, and another threatening someone displaying a weapon to extract money.
"There is no question of my contesting ....my mother (Sonia) will be contesting from Rae Bareli," Priyanka said.
Lucknow: Congress president Sonia Gandhi's daughter Priyanka Gandhi Vadra would review the organisational structure of the party in Rae Bareilly, Sonia Gandhi's parliamentary constituency Monday.According to the state unit of the party, Priyanka would meet
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