New Delhi, April 11:
UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi on Thursday said that PM Modi was not invincible and warned the BJP not to forget the 2004 Lok Sabha elections, when Atal Bihari Vajpayee was predicted to return to power but the Congress won the electoral battle. When asked by media personnel if she thought PM Narendra Modi was invincible, Sonia Gandhi said, “Not at all. Don’t forget 2004. Vajpayee Ji was invincible, but we won.” Sonia on Thursday filed her nomination papers from the Rae Bareli Lok Sabha constituency in Uttar Pradesh. She was accompanied by her son and Congress president Rahul Gandhi, daughter Priyanka Gandhi Vadra and her son-in-law Robert Vadra. Before filing her nomination papers at the collectorate here, the UPA chairperson held a roadshow and offered puja at the Congress central office here. Congress general secretary in-charge for Uttar Pradesh (East) Priyanka Gandhi, her children Raihan and Miray, and several party leaders attended the puja at the Congress office. Congress workers carrying party flags and banners, gathered at the collectorate to greet the UPA chairperson.
Sonia Gandhi (72) is seeking re-election from the seat for the fifth time in a row.
Rae Bareli, where voting will be held in the fifth-phase of the Lok Sabha polls on May 6, will see a straight contest between Sonia Gnadhi and Dinesh Pratap Singh, who recently joined the BJP after leaving the Congress.
The Samajwadi Party (SP) and the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) have not fielded a candidate in the Congress bastion.
Sonia Gandhi had won the seat in 2004, 2006 (by-polls), 2009 and 2014.
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