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| Amethi Decides Today Whether |
| Amethi Decides Today Whether to Abort Support to Gandhis
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| INDIA
, 7-May-2014
5:23:49 AM |
| At a shabby government health centre in Amethi, the rural bastion of the Nehru-Gandhi dynasty, mothers cradling sick babies sidestep dogs sleeping in unlit corridors. (India Votes 2014: Full Coverage)
There is no power, there are no nurses on duty and only two doctors - one suffering from a crippling neurological disease - trying to treat 60 to 70 patients a day in sweltering heat.
Few places in India illustrate more clearly how loyalists' support for the ruling Congress party, and the Gandhi family that leads it, has been tested than Amethi, its traditional stronghold around 300 miles southeast of Delhi. (Top 10 Contests in the Penultimate Phase of Election)
The Congress, which is led by Sonia Gandhi and her son, Rahul, has lost the Amethi parliamentary election only twice. (India Votes 2014: Track LIVE updates)
"We are with the Congress party, we have always been from the time of our forefathers," said Arun Sharma, a local barber. "But we are not happy. Rahul just comes and waves from his car, and goes away."
Congress leaders disagree, and counter that to a large extent, Rahul's hands are tied.
They say that Mulayam Singh Yadav's Samajwadi Party, which governs Uttar Pradesh, a state of 20 crore people, has largely failed to build roads and deliver power, and ignored lobbying efforts by the Gandhis to secure better amenities for Amethi.
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