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This time Priyanka has given the slogan of ‘Ladki hoon – lad sakti hoon’. Till now she was campaigning alone in UP, but now Rahul has also joined her.
Rahul Gandhi, who was addressing the first public meeting in Amethi after the defeat, said that the people taught him politics. He said, ‘I thank you. Today on one side there are Hindus standing, who spread the truth. On the other side there are Hindutvawadis who are spreading hatred’.
Rahul said that there are two questions before the country. First unemployment and second inflation. When questioned on this, the Prime Minister and the Chief Minister do not answer. It doesn’t explain why jobs are not being found. PM Modi will not answer this.
Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi, who reached Amethi, have started the ‘Pratigya Padyatra’ from Jagdishpur Chowk.
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- Rahul Gandhi said that PM Narendra Modi brought three black laws. Said earlier that the laws are in the interest of the farmers. For a year the farmer was on dharna. Now saying sorry, a mistake was made. Not a single farmer has died in the Lok Sabha. We helped 400 farmers in Punjab. Farmers, shopkeepers did not get the benefit of demonetisation and GST.
- Rahul Gandhi said that Hindus are standing on one side, who spread the truth. On the other side there are Hindutvawadis who are spreading hatred.
- Seeing the crowd in the public meeting, Rahul said that even today every street in Amethi is the same. There is only resentment for the government in the eyes of the public now. There is a place in the hearts even today. Even today we are one, against injustice!
Rahul Gandhi addressing a public meeting.
Why only Jagdishpur assembly for padyatra?
- Year after year, the Congress has been weakening in Amethi, but in the last 32 years, somewhere in the Jagdishpur assembly, the Congress has been holding on. In 32 years between 1989 and 2021, Congress has lost here only 3 times.
- Actually, Jagdishpur assembly is the same area where the Gandhi family developed the Industrial Corridor while in power. However, over time the development here came to an end. According to locals, there are many educational and technical institutions apart from Indogulf Fertilizers, Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL). Well, nothing has increased after that.
- Jagdishpur comes in the safe seat. In such a situation, the number of Dalit voters is more here. Dalits, once the core vote bank of the Congress, may have migrated to other parties in other areas, but people still give importance to the Congress here.
Congressmen reaching the public meeting of Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka.
What are the residents of Jagdishpur called?
Rahul Gandhi is visiting Amethi for the second time 28 months after he lost the 2019 Lok Sabha elections. Earlier in July 2019, after losing the election, he had come to thank the people of Amethi. However, the public is not showing that enthusiasm on Rahul’s arrival in Amethi. Hanuman Prasad Chauhan said that Rahul and Priyanka are coming to see the election environment. If they had an old relationship, they would have come and gone in between. Taking care of the public. By the way, he is also not happy with Smriti Irani. It is said that inflation has increased, the slap that is being received is a political slap. By the way, Hanuman Prasad says that now Congress will win from Amethi.
Rahul Gandhi is visiting Amethi for the second time 28 months after he lost the 2019 Lok Sabha elections. Earlier in July 2019, after losing the election, he had come to thank the people of Amethi.
A little ahead of Harimau village lies the Deccan village. Here we met farmer Guddu Shukla, he said that Rahul has family ties with Amethi. Now when he lost, some days did not come, he was watching what the BJP people were doing. Now they are understanding that there can be no development of Amethi. Only those people can save. That’s why they’re coming.
Pramila Devi of Baghaiya Kamalpur said that Amethi is Rahul’s area, but he does not pay our attention. He will go to the one who pays attention. Inflation has increased so much that now we want Mulayam and Akhilesh. Sunil Kumar of the same village says, “We are known only because of Rahul. Earlier the Congress government was in power, but we do not know about their development. He developed, but the public was not satisfied. Inflation has increased, but the government of BJP is right.
Jagdishpur assembly is the same area where the Gandhi family developed the Industrial Corridor while in power.
Will Rahul be able to break the fort of memory?
Rahul Gandhi distanced himself from UP after the defeat in Amethi at the hands of Smriti Irani in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections. Rahul last reached Amethi on 10 July 2019 but never went after that. During this, Smriti has greatly strengthened her fort. think of it as
- Rahul’s strength in Amethi, Sanjay Singh has left Congress and joined BJP. In such a situation, somewhere Rahul Gandhi is considered weak in Amethi. Actually, Sanjay Gandhi used to come among the chief strategists of Rahul in Amethi.
- During his tenure as MP, Rahul’s focus remained only on his parliamentary seat. He could not concentrate on the assembly seats of Amethi. This was the reason that in 2012 where SP dominated in Amethi. At the same time, in 2017 BJP won 3 out of 4 seats.
- Rahul’s being a VIP also kept coming in his way. Local workers cannot meet them. At the same time, he always made a personal tour to Amethi. This is the reason that even the organization does not seem to be working here. In contrast, Smriti Irani visits every one or two months.
- Due to the absence of Rahul, now from the assembly to the district panchayat president, the BJP belongs. In such a situation, there may be a big problem for the Congress in the 2022 assembly.
- Apart from the BJP, Akhilesh Yadav has also left on the victory chariot to break into the Congress stronghold. A day ago, he has said that we have been leaving Amethi and Rae Bareli Lok Sabha seats, but in the assembly elections, our entire focus is on Amethi and Rae Bareli. In such a situation, apart from the BJP, Rahul will also have to accept the challenge of SP.
Whose stronghold is Amethi?
Even though Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi has the responsibility of the UP assembly elections, but Rahul Gandhi has joined the exercise to strengthen Amethi. However, the Congress, which weakened year after year in Amethi, did not get a single seat in 2017. The BJP had captured 3 out of 4 seats in Amethi on the land created by Smriti Irani, while one was occupied by the SP.
Amethi’s electoral history
- For the first time in independent India, Lok Sabha elections were held in 1952. However, at that time, Amethi was considered a part of the Sultanpur South Lok Sabha seat, from where Balkrishna Vishwanath Keshkar became MP from Congress.
- In 1957, the area became a part of the Musafirkhana Lok Sabha seat and Keshkar remained the MP even then. In the 16 Lok Sabha elections and 2 by-elections held so far, the Congress has won 16 times.
- He had to face defeat only twice when Bharatiya Lok Dal in 1977 and BJP won this seat in 1998.
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