UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi on Sunday thanked people from her constituency Rae Bareli for re-electing her in the Lok Sabha elections. The UPA leader also added that she was ready to sacrifice everything to safeguard the basic values of the country.
In a letter addressed to the people of Rae Bareli, she said, “I promise you that to safeguard the basic values of the country and to uphold the tradition of the ancestors of the Congress, I will not step back from sacrificing whatever I have got.”
यूपीए अध्यक्ष श्रीमती सोनिया गांधी जी ने अपने संसदीय क्षेत्र रायबरेली के मतदाताओं को उनके पक्ष में समर्थन दिखाने एवं उन्हें जनप्रत्तिनिधि चुनने के लिए आभार व्यक्त किया। pic.twitter.com/CnqldNZvF4
— Congress (@INCIndia) May 26, 2019
The veteran leader also thanked the Samajwadi Party and the Bahujan Samaj Party, which did not field any candidate against her.
“Like every Lok Sabha election, this time also you have reposed your faith in me. I am thankful to each and every Congress worker, and friends from the SP, BSP, Swabhiman Dal for the work put in for my win,” she said.
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“I know that the coming days are going to be very tough, but I am fully confident that with the power of your support and trust, the Congress will meet every challenge,” she added.
Referring to the people of her constituency, the 72-year-old leader said she had always tried to look after this extended family. “You are my family. I derive strength from you and this is my real asset,” Gandhi said.
She had won the Rae Bareli seat by defeating the Bharatiya Janata Party’s Dinesh Pratap Singh by over 1.67 lakh votes. While his son and Congress president Rahul Gandhi had lost from Amethi, another stronghold of the grand old party.