Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections: Sonia Gandhi appeals to people of Raebareli to vote for Congress candidates
The Hindu
Congress president Sonia Gandhi is an MP from Raebareli which goes to polls on February 23
Congress president Sonia Gandhi on February 21 accused the BJP of meting out “step-motherly” treatment to Raebareli and urged people to vote for her party candidates in the Uttar Pradesh Assembly polls.
Ms. Gandhi also hit out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi and U.P. Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, accusing them of mismanagement during the COVID-19 pandemic.
“It’s going to be an important election because for the last five years you have seen a government which did nothing except divide people,” Ms. Gandhi said during a virtual address on the last day of the poll campaign for fourth phase.
Ms. Gandhi is an MP from Raebareli which goes to polls on February 23.
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The State government on Friday constituted a Special Investigation Team (SIT), headed by Additional Director-General of Police, Manish Kharbikar of the Economic Offences division of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) to probe the alleged multi-crore scam in the government-run Maharshi Valmiki Scheduled Tribes Development Corporation.