Sonia Gandhi to visit Rae Bareli on May 28

RAE BARELI: Congress president and Rae Bareli MP Sonia Gandhi will inaugurate works done under the MP Local Area Development (MPLAD) funds during a day-long visit here on Thursday.

Her daughter Priyanka Gandhi is also set to pay a two-day visit to the constituency starting tomorrow and would join her on Thursday.

Sonia, who will arrive at the Fursatganj airport, will drive to the Bhueymau guest house, where she will distribute cheques to the families of the victims of Bachrawan rail accident, according to her representative K L Sharma.

She will also unveil the plaque of Nagar Panchayat Bhawan, Dalmau, besides interacting with the residents here.

She will inaugurate works done under the MPLAD at the Firoz Gandhi colony park in the afternoon and take rounds to inspect ongoing construction of various projects like urban-rural electrification, city resources centre, Rajiv Avas Yojna and drinking water schemes.

Later, she will distribute cheques to the farmers who suffered losses due to untimely rains and hailstorm before leaving for New Delhi in the evening.

Priyanka will arrive here tomorrow and pay a visit to villages in Sareini and Uchahar assembly segments and attend organisational meetings. She will join her mother on May 28 and attend the programmes along with her, Sharma said.