Lok Sabha Elections 2019: The Congress general secretary will be ending her trip in Varanasi.
Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra kicked off her party's campaign for the Lok Sabha elections in Uttar Pradesh today by offering prayers at the Lette Hanuman temple near Sangam. During her three-day visit, Ms Gandhi will cover a distance of 100-km by boat in Ganga from Allahabad to Varanasi -- the parliamentary constituency of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, hopping from one temple to another.
Ms Gandhi Ganga cruise is being seen by political observers as an effort to navigate her party out of a nearly three-decade long wilderness in the state. The Congress general secretary in-charge of eastern Uttar Pradesh offered prayers on the banks of Sangam -- a confluence of rivers Ganga, Yamuna and the mythical Saraswati.
Ms Gandhi commenced her journey from Prayagraj today and will conclude at Varanasi's Assi Ghat and Dashashwamedh ghat on Wednesday evening. The Congress general secretary will be ending her trip in Varanasi, Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Lok Sabha constituency, a day before the festival of Holi.
Here are the highlights of the Lok Sabha Elections 2019:
The Congress in Telangana on Monday appointed senior leaders as in-charges for the 17 Lok Sabha constituencies in the state.
Congress Legislature Party (CLP) leader M Bhatti Vikramarka would be in-charge for Khammam Lok Sabha seat, while MLA D Sridhar Babu would be in-charge for Peddapalli,Congress sources said.
The filing of nomination papers for the Lok Sabha elections began in Uttarakhand on Monday.
Priyanka Gandhi addressing a rally says:
- Youth have no jobs. Women feel unsafe. Low wages for aanganwaadis. People are upset all around. You aren't head. You voice is muzzled whenever you raise it. You make netas take the podium and sit on the floor yourselves, change this habit. Nation doesn't belong to one person, that you have to beg for your rights. The weak need to be helped. You were promised 2 crore jobs, what happened?
- Did PM pay a visit? But he has toured the entire globe. This election is about you. 4-5 people are ruling the nation, they have all control over administration, they think they are 'know-it-all(s)', that the public lacks sense. They want to destroy institutions. No nation can function like this.
Congress President Rahul Gandhi at a public rally in Kalaburagi said We had promised that we will waive off farmers' loans. Loans were waived off in Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh, Punjab and Karnataka. We fulfill the promises we make.
President Rahul Gandhi and party leaders observe two-minute silence at party's public rally in Kalaburagi, to pay last respects to Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar.
Congress should refrain from spreading misconception (''bhranti'') about leaving 7 seats for the SP-BSP-RLD alliance in UP, (BSP) chief says Mayawati.
Sumalatha Ambareesh, wife of late Congress leader MH Ambareesh says she will contest from Mandya as an independent candidate for the Lok Sabha elections. "Everybody I have met in Mandya has told me the faith they had in him (MH Ambareesh),they will transfer that to me. That way we can keep memory of him alive. The decision I have taken if it hurts anyone,I apologise. I am taking this step to continue his legacy," she says.
All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AMIM) chief Asauddin Owaisi files his nomination from the parliamentary constituency of Hyderabad ahead of the Lok Sabha elections.
Congress General Secretary and eastern Uttar Pradesh in-charge Priyanka Gandhi begins 3-day long 'Ganga-yatra' from Manaiya ghat to Assi Ghat in Varanasi.
Priyanka Gandhi Vadra is also expected to focus on campaigning against the BJP government's claim of having cleaned up the Ganga river through her steamer ride and interactions. Ms Gandhi will also meet the family of CRPF soldier Mahesh Raj Yadav who lost his life in the Pulwama terror attack. On Wednesday, she will visit the ancestral house of former prime minister Lal Bahadur Shastri in Varanasi.
Priyanka Gandhi Vadra's last stop will be Varanasi, Prime Minister Narendra Modi's constituency. She will cover a distance of 140 kilometres. On her boat ride, she will make pit-stops and interact with people who live by the river and seek support for the party for the Lok Sabha polls. Many of these communities come under the other backward castes or scheduled castes groupings and together, they make up a significant chunk of voters.
Congress president Rahul Gandhi will begin his Karnataka campaign with a public meeting in Kalburagi. This will be his first rally in the state after the Lok Sabha polling dates were announced. Congress President will also be addressing the Parivartana Rally in Gulbarga and will be interacting with entrepreneurs in Bengaluru.
Before beginning the Ganga yatra, Priyanka Gandhi offered prayers at Sangam in Prayagraj.
Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, who is leading the preparations and campaigning for the Congress in eastern Uttar Pradesh ahead of the national election, is set to begin a mega three-day boat ride in the river Ganges from Prayagraj today. The 47-year-old's last stop will be Varanasi, Prime Minister Narendra Modi's constituency. She will cover a distance of 140 kilometres. Priyanka Gandhi Vadra journey will commence from Prayagraj today and conclude at Varanasi's Assi Ghat and Dashashwamedh ghat on Wednesday evening.