In her first public address in the ongoing election campaign for the Lok Sabha polls, Congress leader and AICC President Sonia Gandhi urged the people to accept his son Rahul Gandhi just like the way they accepted her while assuring that "he won't disappoint them".
Amethi, known as the Gandhi family bastion, was where party stalwarts like Sanjay Gandhi, Rajiv Gandhi, Sonia Gandhi and top leader Rahul Gandhi contested successfully.
While addressing a public meeting in Uttar Pradesh's Raebareli Union Home Amit Shah launched a scathing attack against the Congress party and said that they have looted people of the country for decades.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi taking a sharp dig at the Congress and Samajwadi Party and at their leaders Rahul Gandhi and Akhilesh Yadav said that he is been informed by someone that their tickets for a foreign trip post-elections has been booked.
Addressing a public rally in Barabanki Lok Sabha seat on Friday, Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath claimed that people are getting united against the divisive, appeasement and anarch policies of Congress and INDI alliance.
Expelled Congress leader Acharya Pramod Krishnam on Thursday took a dig at Rahul Gandhi over his 'BJP wants to "destroy" the Constitution' remarks, asking him to focus on the Congress party, adding that the Constitution is "safe in the hands" of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Slamming Congress and the Gandhi family over amending the Constitution during their tenure, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that till the time he is alive, he won't allow anyone to play with the basic fundamentals of the Constitution.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Thursday linked the upcoming general election to the battle of Mahabharata and said that two camps are contesting Lok Sabha polls, one of 'Pandavas' represented by NDA alliance and the other of 'Kauravas' represented by INDIA bloc.
Stepping up the attack on Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said that after the announcement of Lok Sabha results on June 4, opposition's INDIA bloc will get scattered "Khatakhat, Khatakhat, Khatakhat".
Amethi has been a stronghold of the Congress party for decades, until Bharatiya Janata Party leader Smriti Irani won the Lok Sabha elections in 2019 against Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, ending the Gandhi family's stint there.