2019 Lok Sabha polls: Priyanka Gandhi to begin 3-day campaign in UP with visit to Amethi today

After addressing a rally at Amethi, Priyanka will proceed to Raebareli on March 28 and Ayodhya on March 29. During her tour, Priyanka will offer prayers at the famous Hanuman Garhi temple in Ayodhya

Priyanka Gandhi (Source: PTI)

New Delhi: Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, Congress General Secretary for eastern Uttar Pradesh, is set to commence her three-day poll campaign in Uttar Pradesh from today  by visiting her brother Rahul's parliamentary constituency Amethi. After addressing a rally at Amethi, Priyanka will proceed to Raebareli on March 28 and Ayodhya on March 29. During her tour, Priyanka will offer prayers at the famous Hanuman Garhi temple in Ayodhya, a source had told ANI earlier. The Congress leader will board a bus customised in the form of a 'rath' and would travel to Faizabad, Sultanpur, Amethi and Unnao parliamentary constituencies during the three-day long political campaign. In her first major political campaign since taking over as Congress general secretary in the state, Priyanka had undertaken a 140-kilometre boat journey from Prayagraj to Varanasi. ThE 2019 Lok Sabha elections are scheduled to be held in seven phases from April 11 to May 19. Uttar Pradesh will vote in all the seven phases, and counting of votes will take place on May 23. There are 80 Lok Sabha seats in Uttar Pradesh.