Sonia Gandhi fails to campaign in Rae Bareli as it goes to poll tomorrow

Rae Bareli, the Parliamentary constituency of Congress President Sonia Gandhi, comprising of six Assembly seats goes to poll on Thursday in the fourth phase of Uttar Pradesh elections.

However, this is the first time when Rae Bareli, which apart from Amethi, is the traditional pocket borough of the Gandhi family, would vote without Sonia hitting the campaign trail even once.

Instead, the Congress President has issued a letter addressed to Rae Bareli lamenting that she could not tour her constituency owing to unavoidable circumstances. In her letter, she appealed to people to vote for the party candidates given their long