Rahul Gandhi visits Amethi, thanks people for support in elections

AMETHI: Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi today visited villages in his parliamentary constituency and thanked people for their support in the recent Lok Sabha elections. Gandhi went to villages where Congress got the highest number of votes in a Block.

Arriving from Lucknow by road, he drove to Babupur Sarraiya village in Jagdishpur Block, Gauri Dubey Kar Purva in Jamo Block and Bansi Thauri in Naseerabad Block. The Congress leader promised installation of water tanks run by solar power in Babupur Sarraiya and Gauri Dubey Kar Purwa for convenience of the locals.

Gandhi also paid a visit to the house of Congress leader Jang Bahadur Singh at Gaura in Gauriganj assembly segment to condole the death of his son Daddan Singh who was killed on June 14.

He is scheduled to take part in a 'roza iftar' in Salon later in the evening, besides meeting the common people in Amethi town. He would leave for Delhi tomorrow morning after a night halt at the Munshiganj guesthouse, his representative Chandra Kant Dubey said.

Rahul defeated his nearest rival BJP's Smriti Irani from the constituency. This is his second visit to Amethi after parliamentary polls in which the party managed to retain only Amethi and Rae Bareli seats in Uttar Pradesh. Earlier, he had visited the constituency on May 21 along with sister Priyanka Gandhi Vadra.