Congress flags off campaign for UP

Congress' chief ministerial face in UP, Sheila Dikshit, General secretary in charge of party affairs in UP, Ghulam Nabi Azad and state unit chief Raj Babbar flag off a three-day bus yatra, \"27 saal, UP behaal\" at the party headquarters in New Delhi. (Photo: PTI)

The Congress kicked off its campaign for the upcoming Uttar Pradesh elections, with the party’s top leaders on Saturday embarking on a three-day “bus yatra” under the banner of “27 Saal UP Behaal”.

Party chief Sonia Gandhi and vice-president Rahul Gandhi flagged off the yatra. Leader of the Opposition in the Rajya Sabha Ghulam Nabi Azad, chief ministerial candidate Sheila Dikshit, PCC chief Raj Babbar, campaign committee chief Sanjay Sinh, MP Pramod Tiwari, CLP leader Pradeep Mathur, MP P.L. Punia and others have joined the yatra, which will cover 568 km in the three districts of Moradabad, Shahjahanpur and Kanpur. The party will target the BJP, SP and the BSP.

At least 27 leaders will be part of the yatra, including five senior vice-presidents, five campaign committee members and 10 coordination committee members. The party is yet to reveal the number of seats it will contest on its own and its pre-poll alliances.