PTI, Rae Bareeli :
Making yet another bid to enter Lok Sabha through the family’s pocketborough in Uttar Pradesh, Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Wednesday filed her nomination papers from the Rae Bareli Lok Sabha seat.
Gandhi, 67, who will be seeking re-election from the seat, was accompanied by party’s vice president and her son, Rahul Gandhi while presenting her papers before the returning officer.
While SP has decided not to field anyone against her and Rahul, BJP has fielded Supreme Court lawyer Ajay Aggarwal. The AAP is yet to announce a candidate.
“The people of Rae Bareli have adopted me with immense affection and I hope they will make me victorious again in the election,” she told reporters in a brief interaction after filing her nomination.
Arriving from Delhi in the morning, Sonia Gandhi was given a rapturous welcome from the Fursatganj airport to the district collectorate office. With Rahul at the steering wheel, Gandhi was welcomed with showering of rose petals all the way.
