Article: Mulayam's party wants Priyanka out of Rae Bareli

Rae Bareli (Uttar Pradesh), May 7 -- As the prestigious Rae Bareli constituency goes to polls Monday, the Samajwadi Party Sunday objected to the presence here of Priyanka Gandhi, daughter and election agent of Congress president Sonia Gandhi who is seeking re-election.

The ruling party referred to a circular from the Election Commission Friday that said: "Any public representative who is not a voter in Rae Bareli and is provided with state security cannot stay in the constituency after close of campaigning on May 6."

The circular had forced Rahul Gandhi, Sonia Gandhi's son and MP who was campaigning here, to leave the constituency Saturday evening when the campaign came to end.

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