New
Delhi: Top leaders of various political parties have said their prayers and
sought the almighty's blessings for success in the forthcoming crucial parliamentary
election. Leading them all in the forefront was Congress president Sonia Gandhi
herself. Before filing her nomination papers at the office of the district magistrate
of Rae Bareli on Monday, Sonia first went to the state Congress office and attended
a puja ceremony, accompanied by her son Rahul Gandhi. She is seeking re-election
from Rae Bareli Lok Sabha constituency, from where she had won the seat in 2004.
Meanwhile, LK Advani, prime ministerial candidate and senior leader of Bharatiya
Janata Party, the main opposition party, visited the shrine of Sai Baba at Shirdi
on Sunday, where he offered prayers for the party's victory in the ensuing election,
and later he filed his nomination papers from Gandhinagar constituency on Wednesday.
Advani was accompanied by Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi while filing
the papers. Advani will be seeking a fifth term from Gandhinagar
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LK
Advani at Shirdi Sai mandir |
after
his victory from this constituency in 1991, 1998, 1999 and 2004. His main rivals
are Congress nominee Suresh Patel and noted danseuse Mallika Sarabhai, who is
making her electoral debut as an independent. Patel is Congress MLA from Kalol
for the second time. The parliamentary constituency would go to the polls on April
30.
Congress
candidate Priya Dutt, daughter of the late actor-turned-politician Sunil Dutt,
accompanied by a large number of supporters, filed her nomination papers at the
Bandra Collectorate as a candidate from the North-Central constituency of Mumbai
on Wednesday. On Monday, she failed to file her nomination papers as she could
not reach the office on time. She was stuck in traffic jam when she stopped over
at the Siddhivinayak temple to do prayers before filing her papers. Priya is contesting
against BJP candidate Mahesh Jethmalani. She had won the Mumbai North-Central
parliamentary constituency in 2004.
- Apr 8, 2009
