this is the very significant, politically significant constituency of amethi, which has always belonged 15 years, rahul gandhi represented this seat, before that, his mother, his father, his uncle. so it's really remained with the gandhi family, until 2019, in a shock defeat, the congress party lost to the bjp here. so can he win them back? an hour away from the noise of the campaign trail, i meet 65—year—old shabir khan in the village of chachkapoor in amethi. for generations, his family has voted for the congress. but even staunch loyalists like shabir feel the party is not doing enough. translation: nothing| will change if they don't raise other issues. rahul gandhi needs to roar, like other politicians. he's a good man, but that's not enough. if he speaks with more conviction, it will be good for him, for the party and for us. since india's independence, the congress party dominated the country's political landscape. from 400 seats in parliament in the 1980s, they were down to 52 in the 2019 elections. to counter the bjp�*s rising popularity, in july last year, opposition partiesjoi