Priyanka, Rahul back on campaign trail in UP

Congress' star campaigner Priyanka Gandhi will return to Amethi on Thursday to campaign in her brother Rahul Gandhi's Parliamentary constituency, while Rahul will be addressing voters in Mirzapur.

On a campaign trail in poll-bound Uttar Pradesh, Priyanka is scheduled to address about 20 meetings on Thursday starting from Rasulpur area in Salon constituency, Congress media in-charge Jagdish Piyush said.

She campaigned for Rahul Gandhi from Februay 3 and continued it till February 6 before returning back.

Priyanka will later shift her focus to neighbouring Rae Bareli, represented by her mother Sonia Gandhi in Parliament.

Besides the brother-sister duo, several stalwarts of the Bharatiya Janata Party will also be campaigning across the state on Thursday.

Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha, Arun Jaitley and party spokesperson Ravi Shankar Prasad will be addressing rallies in Ghazipur and Sultanpur. Senior leaders Murli Manohar Joshi and Rajnath Singh will be in Allahabad and Kushinagar respectively.

(with agency inputs)