Sonia’s road show in Modi’s constituency

TIL Desk/National/Varanasi-Congress President Sonia Gandhi began her road show in Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s constituency Varanasi in Uttar Pradesh today. The event follows a road show and Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi’s rally in that state, marking the beginning of the party’s election campaign ahead of Assembly elections scheduled in 2017.

This is her first visit to Varansi in a decade. Congress’ social media team has also been running a campaign called ‘Dard-e-Banaras’ trying to highlight problems faced by various communities even after two years of Modi’s rule. This is also seen as an attempt to target BJP’s face in UP elections as the party has not yet declared any chief ministerial candidate.