Rahul, Sonia not to campaign for UP bypolls
Party
sources,
however,
downplayed
it
saying
the
Congress
President,
by
convention,
never
campaigns
in
by-polls.
The
seats
going
for
elections
include
Noida,
Lucknow
East,
Saharanpur
Nagar,
Bijnore,
Thakurdwara,
Nighasan,
Hamirpur,
Charkhan,
Sirathu,
Balha,
Rohaniya
and
Sirathu
in
Uttar
Pradesh.
The process of filing nominations has already started and the last date is August 27.
Rahul Gandhi had once campaigned in a Lok Sabha by-poll in favour of party candidate Raj Babbar in 2009, where he was fielded against Dimple Yadav, the daughter-in-law of SP chief Mulayam Singh Yadav.
Gandhi, was, however not the party Vice President then.
PTI
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