"Rahul's rivals have ulterior motives": Priyanka Gandhi

AMETHI: Priyanka Gandhi on Thursday asked people to be wary of the rivals of her brother Rahul Gandhi as they were contesting against him with "ulterior" motives. Campaigning for Rahul, she said he had been working for the area with "honest" intentions like their father and former PM Rajiv Gandhi.

"However, the same could not be said about his rivals," Priyanka said.

"You should see who is working with an honest heart and who has ulterior motives," she said at an election meeting as she dwelt at length about the unique relations her family has with the constituency which the "outsiders" would not understand. "The affection that exists between you and the family is unique which either you can understand or we can. Others can't," she said.

She also mentioned that Rahul was as sincere and farsighted as her father Rajiv Gandhi, and had brought development in the constituency.

The Congress star campaigner campaigned vigorously in her mother and Congress President Sonia Gandhi's constituency Raebareli, which went to polls on April 30, and is now campaigning in Amethi, which will go to polls on May 7.