Congress president Rahul Gandhi filed his nomination for the Amethi Lok Sabha seat, a Gandhi bastion in Uttar Pradesh he has represented for the last 14 years.
Rahul was accompanied by his mother and UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi and sister and Party General Secretary from eastern Uttar Pardesh Priyanka Gandhi, brother-in-law Robert Vadra and nephew.
The Congress chief undertook a 3-km road show from Munshiganj-Darpipur to Gauriganj before filing the nomination. IRahul was accompanied by Priyanka Gandhi along with her husband Robert Vadra, son Raihan and daughter Miraya.
Rahul Gandhi, who has been representing the constituency for the past 15 years, will this time again face BJP's Smriti Irani who is likely to file her nomination papers a day later on Thursday.
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In the 2014 general elections, Irani was defeated by Rahul Gandhi by over one lakh votes.
This time, the Congress president is contesting from two Lok sabha constituencies.
Last Thursday, Rahul Gandhi filed his nomination from Wayanad in Kerala and said he was contesting from a seat in South India as well to send a message of unity.
Amethi goes to polls in the fifth phase on May 6.
The seven-phase Lok Sabha election will start from Thursday and will end on May 19. The result will be announced on May 23.
PTI
