New Delhi: Congress is finally going to send Priyanka Vadra to the electoral battlefield. She is likely to take a plunge into electoral politics in the 2019 general elections from Amethi.
While the Congress remained guarded in its response, the BJP called Rahul Gandhi a disappointment.
Congress spokesperson Manish Tewari said the party has its own strategy for Uttar Pradesh and when time comes the strategy will be unveiled.
Another Congress leader Akhilesh Pratap Singh said, "It is upto the party and family to decide whether Priyanka will come in active politics. Workers and leaders have been demanding this for a long time."
But Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Vijay Bahadur Pathak claimed that Congress workers are disappointed with party vice president Rahul Gandhi and people in Uttar Pradesh want to see Priyanka.
Priyanka will aggressively campaign across Uttar Pradesh in 2017’s Assembly elections.
Several options are being worked out for Priyanka's more expansive political role, which is expected to complement her brother Rahul’s taking charge of the Congress party’s reins.
A more active role by Priyanka, Congress insiders believe, will help cement the family’s primacy in the party and energise the rank and file, most of whom have greater faith in her pugnaciousness than her brother.
Her resemblance to her late grandmother and Congress icon Indira Gandhi, especially on the stump when she dresses up in cotton sarees, has been cited by many as a big perception asset.
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