Kanpur, May 12: The Congress Party has failed to
improve its position in the assembly elections in Kanpur
region despite an intense campaign by the party chief Sonia
Gandhi, MP Rahul Gandhi and host of senior leaders and film
stars.
Out of 14 assembly seats in the twin districts of
Kanpur city and Kanpur Dehat, Congress could win only two
seats of Govind Nagar and Sisamau with the sitting MLAs Ajay
Kapoor and Sanjeev Dariyabadi retaining them.
Four candidates of the party have even lost their
deposits.
Sonia Gandhi had not only launched her campaign from
the city, but also addressed another meeting before the
campaigning ended.
Besides, the city is also the home town of Union
Minister Sriprakash Jaiswal.
Rahul Gandhi spent two days in the city and
participated in road show at various assembly constituencies,
which was attended by large crowd in the city blamed groupism
in the party and Central leadership for the debacle of party
in the election.
Bureau Report
First Published: Saturday, May 12, 2007, 00:00