UP election 2022: Non-Congress govts kept UP backward, forced people to migrate says Rahul Gandhi
India TV NewsHighlights Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi blamed government of rival parties in UP for economic backwardness Gandhi accused PM Modi of helping only big industrialists The Amethi Lok Sabha constituency had been represented by Rajiv Gandhi and Sonia Gandhi in the past Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Friday blamed successive governments of rival parties in Uttar Pradesh for its economic backwardness, forcing people to migrate to other states as labourers. Taking a swipe at Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Rahul Gandhi said he has been working only for the billionaires, who do not give employment. Coming together for a joint rally at Kali Maidan in Amethi, which has long been the pocket borough of the party till Rahul Gandhi lost it to Smriti Irani in the 2019 Lok Sabha polls, the leaders asked people to vote for their own good and children, and not on emotional issues of caste and religion. Addressing another election meeting, Rahul Gandhi said his Rahul Gandhi said his relationship with Amethi is not political but a personal one.