Sonia kickstarts poll campaign

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Kothagudem/Medak: Virtually kickstarting the Lok Sabha and state assembly poll campaign, Congress chief Sonia Gandhi on Friday said her party is working towards its "dream" of providing education, health and security for all.

The Congress government in Andhra Pradesh has "kept its word" on working for welfare of poor in the last five and it "has emerged as an example for the development that has been achieved in the country," she said addressing a public meeting in Kothagudem in Khammam district in the state.

"The party is working towards achieving its dream of providing education, health and security to all", said Gandhi whose speech was devoid of any sharp attack on opposition parties. The Congress President said with elections round the corner, the opposition parties, who have nothing to boast of, would come to people again seeking votes but Congress is confident that people would repose their faith in it again.

On a two-day visit to the state, Gandhi earlier laid the foundation stone for the Rs 1000 crore IIT campus in Medak district where she said there is an urgent need to spread higher education among the deprived sections of the society.