Rahul attends DISHA meet, inaugurates project in UP’s Rae Bareli

He also wrote, “Rae Bareli has given me respect by making me its voice. I am always ready to meet every need, prosperity and to find the solution to all the problems here.”

Rahul arrived at Rae Bareli around 10:30 am and chaired the meeting of the District Development, Coordination and Monitoring Committee which was also attended by local MLAs, Congress MP from adjacent Amethi constituency Kishori Lal Sharma and senior officials of the district administration led by the district magistrate.

Local MLAs, who included representatives from BJP and Samajwadi Party, briefed Gandhi about local issues and development works.
Rahul later inaugurated the newly developed Shaheed Chowk, dedicated to martyrs, and also nine roads constructed under the Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojna.

He later visited the family of Dalit youth Arjun Pasi, who was shot dead in August. Talking to mediapersons afterwards, Rahul alleged that the Dalit family was “not getting justice” and the local police are not taking action against the alleged mastermind behind the killing. “We will be raising our voice for justice for the family,” Rahul said.

Rahul left Rae Bareli after offering prayers at the Hanuman temple. Later in the day, state minister Dinesh Pratap Singh showed a poster to mediapersons. In the poster, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader took potshots at Gandhi for spending less time in his constituency.
“It has been more than six months, the MP (Gandhi) has not spent a night in his constituency,” he said.

“In the last six months, (Gandhi spent) only five hours. Then in five years, it will be 50 hours. It means in five years, only two days?” the poster, titled ‘Rae Bareli ke Rahulji’, said, requesting the Congress leader to spend a night in his constituency