Sonia Gandhi to campaign in Rae Bareli tomorrow

Lucknow, April 24: Congress president Sonia Gandhi will address an election rally in her parliamentary constituency Rae Bareli on Saturday.
"The Congress president and MP from Rae Bareli will address the rally at GIC ground tomorrow evening," party spokesperson Akhilesh Pratap Singh said today.

This will be Sonia`s first rally in her parliamentary constituency, which will go to polls in the third phase on April 30.

Sonia had visited Rae Bareli on April 6 to file her nomination papers. Her daughter Priyanka Gandhi Vadra has been spearheading and managing the election campaign in her constituency.

The Gujarat government has given a loan to Tatas for relocation of Nano car project from Singur in West Bengal to Sanand in the state, which is to be repaid after 20 years.

"We do not have any problem against setting up of industries. But, I feel miserable when farmers are ignored," Sonia said.

She alleged that the state BJP government was looking for excuses for not implementing the loan waiver scheme introduced by the UPA government since the past two years.

Raising several local issues, Sonia targeted Modi claiming incomplete construction of Narmada dam canals, state government`s indifference towards diamond workers who lost their jobs due to recession, corruption in `Sujalam Suflam Water Project` and closing down of local industries.

"It was the Congress government that had started building the Narmada dam. I have learnt that people here are yet to get the water of dam as the state government has not built a small canal network. They have laid pipelines but the water has not reached you," Sonia stated.
"Before claiming the success of the Narmada Dam one should ask farmers whether they have received the water or not", she said.

Bureau Report

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