"Rae Bareli Calling": Posters Backing Priyanka Gandhi In Congress Bastion

For the past two decades, the seat has been represented by Sonia Gandhi, who has now become a member of Rajya Sabha.

Supporters of Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra have put up posters in Uttar Pradesh's Rae Bareli, demanding that the party leadership picks her as the candidate for the Lok Sabha seat.

A traditional Congress stronghold, Rae Bareli has earlier been represented by former Prime Minister, late Indira Gandhi, and is a prestige seat for the Congress. Interestingly, this is also the seat that Indira Gandhi lost to Raj Narain in the 1977 general election - the only sitting Prime Minister to lose a Lok Sabha contest.

For the past two decades, the seat has been represented by Sonia Gandhi, who has now become a member of Rajya Sabha.