Nationalist Congress Party on Monday said that it will campaign in support of Congress leader Sonia Gandhi and Congress president Rahul Gandhi in the upcoming LS polls in their constituencies Rae Bareli and Amethi.
Speaking to mediapersons while releasing the pary’s Election Manifesto here , senior NCP leader DP Tripathi said,”Party President Sharad Pawar has specially authorized me to campaign for Congress leaders Sonia Gandhi ji and Rahul Gandhi in Rae Bareli and Amethi.”
Mr Tripathi further said that their party will support Kanhaiya Kumar who will be contesting the elections from Begusarai , Bihar as CPI candidate.
Mr Tripathi said that the priority of the grand alliance is to ensure that Mr Narendra Modi does not return as the Prime Minister.
Hitting out at the BJP, he said,”the kind of nationalism the government is practicing is actually dividing and damaging the country.
Nationalism is somehting that strenghthens the country , but the kind of nationalism current government is following , is weakening and dividing country on the basis of religion and caste.”
NCP to campaign for Sonia and Rahul in Lok Sabha polls : Tripathi
