With Rahul at the steering wheel, Gandhi was welcomed with showering of rose petals all the way.

Sonia, 67, who will be seeking re-election from the seat, was accompanied by party's Vice President and her son, Rahul Gandhi while presenting her papers before the Returning Officer.

Arriving from Delhi in the morning, Sonia Gandhi was given a rapturous welcome from the Fursatganj airport to the district collectorate office.

Congress President Sonia Gandhi was showered with rose petals while filing nomination in Rae Bareli on Wednesday.

Making yet another bid to enter Lok Sabha through the family's pocketborough in Uttar Pradesh, Congress President Sonia Gandhi today filed her nomination papers from the Rae Bareli Lok Sabha seat.