Rahul, along with being the national vice-president and member of parliament from Amethi, is also one of 17 Uttar Pradesh Congress Committee members. But they say they also know that the BJP is trying to restrict Rahul to Amethi, when he has to worry about revamping the organisation across the country. While the party had not contested two Nagar Panchayat seats, Amethi and Musafirkhana, it had hoped to perform better in its stronghold Jais and in Gauriganj. The Samajwadi Party won just 45 Nagar Palika Parishad Chairmen seats and 83 Nagar Panchayat Chairmen seats. Adityanath upgraded Ayodhya and Mathura into municipal corporations and the party won both mayoral seats after he started campaign from Ayodhya.

Source: Indian Express December 04, 2017 13:02 UTC