‘Don’t Forget 2004’: Sonia Gandhi’s Warning to Modi on Polling Day

UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi sounded off a warning to Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the first day of the Lok Sabha elections, as she referred to the poll results of 2004 when the UPA came to power.

Asked if she thought PM Modi is invincible, the UPA chairperson, who filed her nomination from Raebareli on Thursday, 11 April, said, "Not at all. Don't forget 2004. Vajpayee Ji was invincible, but we won."

Before filing her nomination, Sonia Gandhi performed a 'havan' along with Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi, followed by a roadshow in her bastion.

Sonia Gandhi is trying to retain the seat for the fifth time. The seat, which will head for voting in the fifth phase on 6 May, will see a straight contest between her and Dinesh Pratap Singh, who had recently joined the BJP after leaving the Congress.

The Samajwadi Party and the Bahujan Samaj Party have not fielded any candidate in this Congress bastion.

Union Minister and BJP leader Smriti Irani filed her nomination from the Amethi constituency after a roadshow that she held with CM Yogi Adityanath.

Also taking a dig at Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday, Rahul Gandhi told the media, “There have been many people in Indian history who had arrogance to believe that they're invincible and bigger than the people of India. Narendra Modi, for the last 5 years, has done nothing for the people of India. His invincibility will be in full view after election results.”

UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi sounded off a warning to Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the first day of the Lok Sabha elections, as she referred to the poll results of 2004 when the UPA came to power.

Asked if she thought PM Modi is invincible, the UPA chairperson, who filed her nomination from Raebareli said, "Not at all. Don't forget 2004. Vajpayee Ji was invincible, but we won."

As Smriti Irani gets all set to file her nomination from Amethi, UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath held a roadshow in Rahul Gandhi's bastion on Thursday.

Before filing her nomination from the Raebareli constituency in Uttar Pradesh, Sonia Gandhi performed a 'havan' along with Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi.

BJP leader Smriti Irani and her husband Zubin Irani performed a 'pooja' on Thursday ahead of her filing the nomination from Amethi parliamentary constituency for the Lok Sabha elections.

Sonia Gandhi and her family members on Thursday, 11 April will take part in a ‘havan’ at the Congress’ central office. She will undertake a 700-metre road show before filing the nomination, party spokesman LKP Singh told the media.

Sonia Gandhi is trying to retain the seat for the fifth time. She had won the seat in 2004, 2006 (bypolls), 2009 and 2014.

Hours after filing nomination from Amethi, Rahul Gandhi arrived in Bihar to address a rally.

Congress President Rahul Gandhi filed his nomination from the Amethi Lok Sabha constituency on Wednesday in the presence of Sonia Gandhi, Priyanka Gandhi and Robert Vadra.

Rahul Gandhi is holding a massive roadshow in Amethi before filing his nomination from the constituency. The Congress chief is accompanied by Priyanka Gandhi and her husband Robert Vadra, along with their children.

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath will be visiting Amethi on Thursday where he will accompany Union Minister and BJP candidate Smriti Irani, who will be filing her nomination papers, a party spokesperson cited by PTI said.

The chief minister will also participate in a roadshow before the nomination and later address an election meeting, BJP's Amethi media in-charge Govind Singh said.

Irani was to file her nomination on 17 April, but since it is a holiday, she will now file the papers on 11 April.