A day after Priyanka, Sonia Gandhi visits Rae Bareli
Sonia Gandhi, who represents Rae Bareli in Lok Sabha, is scheduled to inaugurate several government schemes in the area during her day-long visit.
A day after Priyanka Gandhi visited Rae Bareli, Congress President Sonia Gandhi on Thursday landed in her Lok Sabha constituency to inaugurate works done under the MP Local Area Development (MPLAD) funds.
Sonia is scheduled to distribute cheques to the families of the victims of Bachrawan rail accident during her visit. She will also unveil the plaque of Nagar Panchayat Bhawan, Dalmau, besides interacting with the residents there.
The Rae Bareli MP will be inaugurating 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.
Before leaving for Delhi in the evening, she will be distribute cheques to the farmers who suffered losses due to untimely rains and hailstorm.
Priyanka Gandhi, who visited the Gandhi bastion on Wednesday triggered a war of words with HRD minister Smriti Irani, who had contested the 2014 Lok Sabha polls against her brother Rahul from Amethi.
The 43-year-old hit out at Irani, saying, "The minister is answerable as to why there is still no IIIT in Amethi."
"Since she (Smriti Irani) is trying to do something for Amethi, it'll be good if she does something about the IIIT. Since she's the education minister she should try to improve the state of education," she said.
Within minutes, Irani gave it back to Priyanka, saying she (Priyanka) is probably clueless about the IIIT issue.
"I think that Mrs (Priyanka Gandhi) Vadra has not done her homework. Now for the first time a winning candidate is asking a losing candidate for development having ruled for so many years," Irani told India Today TV.