UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi with daughter Priyanka Gnadhi will make a visit to Rae Bareli, her parliamentary constituency on Wednesday to thank her voters for re-electing her with an overwhelming margin.
Rae Bareli is the only seat that the Congress won in Uttar Pradesh in the 2019 general elections. She will be accompanied by her daughter and Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, who will arrive in Rae Bareli on Tuesday evening. All district level office bearers of the party will be present at the meeting on Wednesday.
Congress spoke person quoted saying "The leaders will review the party's poor performance in the recently concluded general elections. All the key Congress post holders of UPCC have been called in to ascertain the reason behind the poll debacle."
Congress leader Sonia Gandhi has won from Raebareli Lok Sabha seat defeating her nearest rival BJP candidate Dinesh Pratap Singh. Gandhi has won by a margin of 1,67,178 votes, the Election Commission's website said. While Gandhi got 5,34,918 votes, Singh secured 3,67,740 votes. The SP and the BSP had supported her on this seat.
Priyanka and Sonia, however, will not visit Amethi this time. Congress President lost from Amethi in the recently concluded elections and Union Minister Smriti Irani had won by a margin of over 55,000 votes. The Congress has already appointed a two-member committee to probe the reason for the defeat.
