Supporters of Sonia Gandhi's motorcade covered rose petals.

The leader of the largest in the country of the Indian National Congress Sonia Gandhi, the registered candidates to participate in parliamentary elections to be held in five phases from 16 April to 13 May 2009. After registering thousands of supporters of Gandhi's motorcade covered petals of roses, the Associated Press.
Reception of documents took place in the town of Rye Barel, Uttar Pradesh. There are electoral district from which to run Gandhi. 62-year-old widow who died in 1991 in the attack, Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi was accompanied by her son Rahul Gandhi, who is also participating in the elections.
Sonia Gandhi (marriage to Sonia Antonia am Main) start an independent political career a few years after the murder of her husband. In 2004, under the leadership of the Indian National Congress triumphantly won the parliamentary elections and returned to itself the role of the ruling party.
However, Gandhi ceded the post of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh because of the extensive public-awareness campaign against it. The main argument of the enemy was neindiyskoe pretendentki origin to head the government (Gandhi was born in Italy and won the Indian citizenship only in 1983).
In the party leadership has already stated that in case of winning the election as Prime Minister of the country continue to Singh. At the same time, many observers have noted that the prospects of Congress in the forthcoming elections are not clear. The results achieved under the leadership of the party of economic growth in many ways reverse the global economic crisis started.
The Agency leads the view of analysts who believe that the situation is favorable for the small regional parties, which can attract the voters no national slogans and programs, and promises to solve local problems.