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Sonia storms western UP vowing to wipe out BJP-led NDA
Bulandshahr (Western UP), Jan 10: Congress president Sonia Gandhi today launched her party`s campaign for the coming Lok Sabha polls in politically crucial Uttar Pradesh vowing to `finish-off` the BJP-led NDA.
Bulandshahr (Western UP), Jan 10: Congress president Sonia Gandhi today launched her party's campaign for the coming Lok Sabha polls in politically crucial Uttar Pradesh vowing to "finish-off" the BJP-led NDA.
"My message to the people is to finish off (dhvast karna hai) the BJP and its allies," Sonia told reporters as she launched a mass contact programme at Khurja, about 20 kms from here.
Hitting the dusty roads of western up, Sonia stopped at several places enroute here and interacted with the locals, sought to know their problems and assured them of a solution if the Congress is voted to power.
Sonia, who was accompanied by senior party leaders Mohsina Kidwai and Salman Khursheed and UPCC president Jagdambika Pal, shook hands with the villagers who had lined up on either side of the road from Khurja to Bulandshar.
She will be traversing the region by road for the next two days.
Asked about prospective alliances, the congress chief merely said, "We are talking to every like-minded party." Earlier, Khurshid said that the party was launching the mass contact programme in view of the Lok Sabha elections which were likely to be announced any time.
On selection of up for launching the mass contact programme, he said, "Sonia has a special interest as it is the state she represents in the Lok Sabha."
Bureau Report
Hitting the dusty roads of western up, Sonia stopped at several places enroute here and interacted with the locals, sought to know their problems and assured them of a solution if the Congress is voted to power.
Sonia, who was accompanied by senior party leaders Mohsina Kidwai and Salman Khursheed and UPCC president Jagdambika Pal, shook hands with the villagers who had lined up on either side of the road from Khurja to Bulandshar.
She will be traversing the region by road for the next two days.
Asked about prospective alliances, the congress chief merely said, "We are talking to every like-minded party." Earlier, Khurshid said that the party was launching the mass contact programme in view of the Lok Sabha elections which were likely to be announced any time.
On selection of up for launching the mass contact programme, he said, "Sonia has a special interest as it is the state she represents in the Lok Sabha."
Bureau Report