Rahul's Amethi visit to begin on July 23

Congress MP Rahul Gandhi would visit his Lok Sabha constituency for the first time after the party's drubbing in UP Assembly Elections.

Congress MP Rahul Gandhi would visit his Lok Sabha constituency for the first time after the party's drubbing in Uttar Pradesh Assembly Election on July 23, a senior official said.

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During the four-day visit, the scion of the Nehru-Gandhi family would be laying the foundation stone of three developmental projects in Sultanpur, its District Magistrate Sanjay Kumar said.

Rahul would also chair a meeting of village pradhans, block pramukhs and district panchayat members, Kumar said.

Congress sources in Amethi said that the party MP would also be paying a visit to several villages in Jagadishpur, Tiloi, Inhauna and Gauriganj and meet a cross-section of the people.

This would be Rahul's first visit in Amethi after the Assembly polls in the state in which his party's tally declined from 25 to 22.