#Sonia,#Rahul adopt villages under #Modi’s model village scheme

Congress president Sonia Gandhi and vice-president Rahul Gandhi have adopted one village each in their respective constituencies to develop them into model villages under “Saansad Adarsh Gram Yojana” launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi last month.

Party sources said that while Sonia Gandhi has selected village Udwa from Jagatpur block in her parliamentary seat Raebareli, Rahul has chosen village ‘Deeh’ in Jagdishpur block in Amethi constituency, an area industrialized during his father late Rajiv Gandhi’s Prime Ministerial tenure.

Udwa in Jagatpur is also the birthplace of Rana Beni Madhav and has a rich historical background.