Poll fever has gripped Uttar Pradesh, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi filing his nomination in Varanasi on Tuesday in the presence of nearly 20 top leaders, including chief ministers and chiefs of allied parties. BJP president J P Nadda, UP chief minister Yogi Adityanath and Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi campaigned in Amethi, while Akhilesh Yadav and Rahul Gandhi jointly addressed an election rally in Jhansi. In Amethi, Priyanka Gandhi alleged that Prime Minister Modi is seeking votes not for his performance, but in the name of religion. She was campaigning for her party candidate Kishori Lal Sharma, who is taking on Union Minister Smriti Irani. Addressing seven public meetings in Jagdishpur, Tiloi and Gauriganj, Priyanka reminded Amethi voters about the decades-old link of her family with this constituency. She alleged that PM Modi is trying to mislead the people in the name of religion. Priyanka listed out the work done by her father Late Rajiv Gandhi in Amethi and alleged that PM Modi has cut himself off from the common man and was only busy taking out road shows and waving to peoplefrom a distance. Priyanka alleged that for the first time a Prime Minister has stooped to a low level in political discourse. OPINION | WHY GANDHI-NEHRU FAMILY IS SO KEEN ON AMETHI, RAE BARELI?
Poll fever has gripped Uttar Pradesh, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi filing his nomination in Varanasi on Tuesday in the presence of nearly 20 top leaders, including chief ministers and chiefs of allied parties. BJP president J P Nadda, UP chief minister Yogi Adityanath and Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi campaigned in Amethi, while Akhilesh Yadav and Rahul Gandhi jointly addressed an election rally in Jhansi. In Amethi, Priyanka Gandhi alleged that Prime Minister Modi is seeking votes not for his performance, but in the name of religion. She was campaigning for her party candidate Kishori Lal Sharma, who is taking on Union Minister Smriti Irani. Addressing seven public meetings in Jagdishpur, Tiloi and Gauriganj, Priyanka reminded Amethi voters about the decades-old link of her family with this constituency. She alleged that PM Modi is trying to mislead the people in the name of religion. Priyanka listed out the work done by her father Late Rajiv Gandhi in Amethi and alleged that PM Modi has cut himself off from the common man and was only busy taking out road shows and waving to peoplefrom a distance. Priyanka alleged that for the first time a Prime Minister has stooped to a low level in political discourse. 
