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<ul><li><keyword id="12587" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="Priyanka-Gandhi">Priyanka Gandhi</keyword> Vadra marks her entry into politics by joining <keyword id="6362140" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="All-India-Congress-Committee">All India Congress Committee</keyword> as general secretary. </li><li>She will campaign in Uttar Pradesh East which includes Narendra Modi’s constituency Varanasi and Yogi Adityanath's constituency in Gorakhpur </li><li>Her entry into politics is expected to add vigour to <keyword id="1575" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="20" keywordseo="Congress">Congress</keyword>' recovering cadre, which had a demoralising defeat in 2014. </li></ul>Priyanka Gandhi Vadra has been appointed as the general secretary at All India Congress Committee, marking her formal entry into politics. According to an official statement, Vadra will be general secretary for Uttar Pradesh East, taking charge in the first week of February. Jyotiraditya Scindia will head Western UP. Uttar Pradesh is the largest state in India by population and has the most number of seats in the Parliament. Uttar Pradesh East includes the constituencies of Varanasi, which is the constituency represented by the current Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and also Gorakhpur, which belongs to the state’s incumbent chief minister Yogi Adityanath who is also a strongman from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). Her strengths Priyanka Gandhi, 47, is the daughter of former Indian prime minister Rajiv Gandhi, and the granddaughter of Indira Gandhi. In the past, she was mostly seen supporting brother <keyword id="5268" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="Rahul-Gandhi">Rahul Gandhi</keyword> in campaigning efforts, but stayed away from actively participating in politics. She might entering active politics just now but Priyanka has been under the media spotlight over the years. Her official foray into politics has been speculated about for a long time, more so around elections. She carries political weight at least in constituencies which are considered to be the Gandhi family bastions. Her entry into politics is expected to add vigour to Congress, recovering cadre, which had a demoralising defeat in 2014. The incumbent United Progressive Alliance (UPA) led by the Congress was routed out, and the grand old party itself was left with 44 seats in the Lok Sabha, the lower house of the Parliament. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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 Priyanka's focus on eastern Uttar Pradesh (UP)-- aside from the appointment of another party heavyweight Jyotiraditya Scindia's focus on western part of the same province-- also signals the party's focus on a state that is politically significant than most others and currently in the grasp of rival BJP. Her weak point The Gandhi scion is no stranger to controversies either. The Central Bureau of Investigation had <a href="https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/cbi-registers-18-cases-of-fraud-against-company-linked-to-robert-vadra/articleshow/60299238.cms">filed </a>18 cases against <keyword id="12593" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="Robert-Vadra">Robert Vadra</keyword> for alleged fraud in land acquisition, and the Enforcement Directorate is probing Vadra’s firms for alleged money laundering. On Monday (january 21), the Rajasthan high court <a href="https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/hc-asks-robert-vadra-mom-to-appear-before-ed/articleshow/67633162.cms">asked</a> Robert Vadra and his partners in Skyline Hospitality Limited, including his mother Maureen Vadra, to appear before the Enforcement Directorate on February 12 to respond to allegations of money laundering by the firm. The allegation around her husband, Robert Vadra, and his businesses are likely to raked up now more so than ever before by rivals.

Priyanka Gandhi Vadra enters active politics and will take on Modi and Yogi on their home turf

Anyone who has seen the late Prime Minister <keyword id="6354478" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="Indira-Gandhi">Indira Gandhi</keyword> and then turned to look at her granddaughter cannot help but marvel at how strikingly similar <keyword id="12587" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="Priyanka-Gandhi">Priyanka Gandhi</keyword> is to the former Indian premier. 
 
Sporting a short curly hair-do and draped in a cotton saree, Priyanka’s features and her conduct always lends to her perfect subtle look that people usually remember Indira Gandhi for. 
 
As she turns 44 today, here are some pictures of the Gandhi family’s granddaughter bearing an uncanny similarity to Indira Gandhi, and which also show a vibrant ring of electricity that both the women of strength exude.

Priyanka Gandhi a true
reflection of Indira?

The <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/searchresult.cms?query=Congress&amp;sortorder=effectivedate">Congress</a> party named former Delhi Chief Minister <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/searchresult.cms?query=sheila+dikshit&amp;sortorder=effectivedate">Sheila Dikshit</a> as its chief ministerial candidate for <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/searchresult.cms?query=UP+polls&amp;sortorder=effectivedate">Uttar Pradesh assembly slated in 2017</a>. 
 
Dikshit, 78, was three time chief minister of Delhi and will help Congress in building the Brahmin votebank in UP. 
 
“I want to thank Congress high command for the responsibility. It is a huge challenge in front of us and we will fight with all the courage and determination. We will fight with the hope of winning,” said Dikshit. 
 
Apart from Dikshit leading the Congress campaign in UP, <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/searchresult.cms?query=priyanka+gandhi&amp;sortorder=effectivedate">Priyanka Gandhi</a>, daughter of Congress chief <keyword id="689" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="Sonia-Gandhi">Sonia Gandhi</keyword>, will also extensively campaign in the state. 
 “I would be happy if <keyword id="12587" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="Priyanka-Gandhi">Priyanka Gandhi</keyword> campaigns in UP,” said Dikshit, who is facing alleged corruption charges and was allegedly summoned by ACB. 
 
Dikshit is the daughter-in-law of UP Congress leader Uma Shankar Dikshit, who was a Brahmin face and had served as a Union minister and governor for a long time.

Sheila Dikshit is Congress’ Chief Minister candidate for UP polls 2017

NEW DELHI: In perhaps the strongest push yet for bringing <keyword id="12587" type="PERSON" weightage="40" keywordseo="Priyanka-Gandhi">Priyanka Gandhi</keyword> to the forefront of the <keyword id="1575" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="80" keywordseo="Congress">Congress</keyword>, senior party general secretary Janardan Dwivedi has said that <keyword id="12596" type="PERSON" weightage="40" keywordseo="Rajiv-Gandhi">Rajiv Gandhi</keyword> spoke to him about his daughter's political aptitude way back in 1990. 
 
While promising to reveal details in due course, Dwivedi said, "As far as I know, her (Priyanka) interest in politics started at an early age. She was keen to understand political developments and the language of politics from the very start. I even have proof of this but I don't want to discuss it now. All I'll say is that Rajiv Gandhi told me something about this in 1990. That's all for the moment." 
 
While there was complete silence from the party, the comment immediately led a group of Congress leaders to claim, off the record, that there were plans afoot to bring Priyanka into active politics. 
 
The renewed speculation could unsettle the Congress since any talk of Priyanka's coming into politics undercuts Rahul's fledgling leadership. Dwivedi is seen to be representing a significant group in the top and middle rungs of the party management who would prefer 42-year-old Priyanka as political legatee of the Nehru-Gandhi dynasty in place of her one-year-older brother. 
 His remarks are being seen in certain sections of the party as a vote of low-confidence in <keyword id="5268" type="PERSON" weightage="40" keywordseo="Rahul-Gandhi">Rahul Gandhi</keyword>, who is leading the Congress charge in a difficult national election. Rahul was elevated to the No 2 position in Congress last year but is still far from succeeding his mother <keyword id="689" type="PERSON" weightage="40" keywordseo="Sonia-Gandhi">Sonia Gandhi</keyword> at the top. In the past few weeks, the much-discussed transformation of Congress in Rahul's image — the emergence of a Congress (R), as it were — appears to be have been put on hold as the party's primary focus has shifted to avoiding its lowest-ever tally (114 seats in 1999). 
 
 
 A section of the party has for some time been pushing for a larger role for Priyanka. But she has confined herself to managing the family fief of <keyword id="43068" type="PERSON" weightage="40" keywordseo="Rae-Bareli">Rae Bareli</keyword> and Amethi since her mother came into electoral politics in 1999; of late, though, she has been active in the planning of her brother's political affairs. 
 
The invocation of Rajiv Gandhi's name by Dwivedi is being seen as significant. If the former PM did reveal details about Priyanka's interest in politics dating back to as early as 1990, it would appear that it developed at a very young age; she would have been about 18 at the time. Party veterans recall at least one interview that Rajiv gave in the late 1980s where he seemed to suggest that his daughter had a greater interest in politics than his son did. 
 
Dwivedi has indirectly hinted that Rajiv did not speak about Rahul, raising the sensitive question as to whether the late leader had a different plan of succession in mind. 
 
Congress leaders are now waiting for a second instalment from Dwivedi: the details of what Rajiv reportedly told him. Party sources say it may come if Congress performs dismally in the elections, which would be an opportune time for insiders to raise questions about the leadership skills of Rahul Gandhi.

Bigger Role For Priyanka Gandhi? Congress Leader's Remarks Spark Buzz

NEW DELHI: Imagine a Narendra <keyword id="2196111" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="Modi-vs-Priyanka-Gandhi">Modi vs Priyanka Gandhi</keyword> contest for the Varanasi <keyword id="6355187" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="40" keywordseo="Lok-Sabha">Lok Sabha</keyword> seat. It would have been the mother of all election battles, and would have put everything and everyone else in the shade. It would have electrified the nation and riveted the attention of the world. 
 Priyanka Gandhi is reliably learned to have been very keen to be the <keyword id="1575" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="80" keywordseo="Congress">Congress</keyword> candidate in the holy city. But the party leadership finally decided against fielding her. 
 Priyanka, who has so far limited her political responsibilities to managing her brother and mother's Lok Sabha campaigns in <keyword id="43068" type="PERSON" weightage="40" keywordseo="Rae-Bareli">Rae Bareli</keyword> and Amethi, is believed to have made a strong pitch to contest because she felt Modi was “bad for the country” and needed to be “stopped”. 
 
Apart from perhaps tying up Modi in Varanasi and forcing him to curtail his national campaign, Priyanka's entry would have charged up the rank and file of the Congress at a time when a number of ministers and leaders were reluctant to fight elections of fear of losing (one senior Cabinet member is reported to have feared a rout). The fact that she was willing to place 'a higher principle' above a real risk of defeat would have sent out a strong and defiant message to the demoralized troops, and hopefully, the entire electorate, Congress insiders said. 
 
“Even if she’d lost, the results would have been only known after the elections. But it would have come as a huge booster before. It was very courageous of her. That’s something senior Congressmen who’ve run away from contesting didn’t understand,” said a party manager. 
 
 
 
 
Senior partymen said the decision to not field Priyanka was driven by the logic of preferring a ‘local’ to take on Modi the ‘outsider’. But there may have been other reasons too: 
 
* The estimate that Priyanka's presence in Varanasi would have accorded Modi “too much importance”; 
 
* The fear that defeat of one of the three Gandhis might have dimmed the ‘halo’ around them; 
 
* It would almost certainly have exposed Priyanka to attacks from Modi and the BJP on account of her husband Robert Vadra's alleged ties with real estate giant DLF and brought some of his other reported land deals under the microscope; 
 
* Most of all, it would have diverted attention from Rahul and his campaign, and raised questions as to whether Priyanka's entry was an implicit acknowledgement of her brother's lacklustre leadership. There might have been some apprehension that Priyanka, by the force of her personality, would have greater gravitational pull than Rahul. She has been variously described by those who know her as “charming, charismatic and connected”; her political instincts are also said to be sharp, and she can work a crowd. The 41-year-old Priyanka’s entry could have undermined Rahul’s authority not long after he'd been officially anointed future leader. 
 
For Priyanka, who is said to be very close to her one-year-older brother, the reason for wanting to contest in Varanasi was never to position herself as an alternative to Rahul, but to “fight the good fight”, according to an insider. “She has no larger ambition to lead the Congress,” he added. 
 
Still, her desire to take the field against Modi is significant because it’s in stark contrast to the continuing perception of Rahul being a reluctant politician, and because it shows that the younger sibling may not be averse to broadening her political interests behind the family boroughs of Rae Bareli and Amethi. For a long time now, there has been a subterranean demand, ‘Priyanka lao, Congress bachao’, which periodically finds public voice. 
 
One of the reasons the Congress delayed naming a candidate for Varanasi was because it was weighing the possibility of naming Priyanka. But the actual decision against fielding her was taken some days before Tuesday’s announcement of local MLA Ajay Rai as candidate for the Congress; the last few days were spent seeking a tacit understanding with SP and BSP for complicating Modi's job in Varanasi. 
 
Significantly, early this month, in perhaps the strongest push yet for bringing Priyanka to the forefront of the Congress, party general secretary Janardan Dwivedi said that Rajiv Gandhi spoke to him about his daughter’s political aptitude way back in 1990. The question is: Was Dwivedi aware of the secret confabulations and was he trying to test the waters? 
 
While promising to reveal details in due course, Dwivedi said, “As far as I know, her (Priyanka) interest in politics started at an early age. She was keen to understand political developments and the language of politics from the very start. I even have proof of this but I don’t want to discuss it now. All I’ll say is that Rajiv Gandhi told me something about this in 1990. That’s all for the moment.” 
 
The comment immediately led a group of Congress leaders to claim, off the record, that there were plans afoot to bring Priyanka into active politics. 
 
That plan has been shelved, at least for the moment. As for Rai’s chances in Varanasi, even the boldest gambler is likely to think twice before placing a bet on him. 
 
But Priyanka is clearly still interested in Varanasi, even if she’s not in the fight herself. At a meeting at the Tughlaq Lane residence of Rahul last Monday, Priyanka gave Rai a pep talk soon after the party decided to field him. 
 
“Priyankaji ne kaha ki aap jam kar ladiye. Unhone apna personal mobile number bhi diya aur kaha ki aapko jo bhi zaroorat hogi woh aap turant bolen. Woh aapko muhaiyya karayi jaayegi. (Priyankaji told me to fight wholeheartedly. She gave me her personal mobile number and told me not to hesitate to ask for anything that I may need and said I will be given every help),” Rai quoted her as telling him.

Priyanka Gandhi Was Very Keen To Fight Narendra Modi In Varanasi, But Cong Leadership Said No

<keyword id="43068" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="Rae-Bareli">RAE BARELI</keyword>: Priyanka Vadra on Sunday once again eclipsed brother <keyword id="5268" type="PERSON" weightage="40" keywordseo="Rahul-Gandhi">Rahul Gandhi</keyword> in leading the <keyword id="1575" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="80" keywordseo="Congress">Congress</keyword> charge against BJP and <keyword id="6354477" type="PERSON" weightage="40" keywordseo="Narendra-Modi">Narendra Modi</keyword>, saying the opposition party was scrambling like "panic-stricken rats". She also told the BJP's PM nominee that one did not need a 56-inch chest to run the country but a big heart and compassion. 
 
Sporadic interventions by other leaders notwithstanding, Priyanka has been leading the line ever since she started campaigning in the family boroughs of Amethi and Rae Bareli, repeatedly taking on the BJP. In the last leg of the poll campaign, the war-of-words has turned into a Priyanka versus Modi affair as her speeches are aimed at launching a counter-offensive against BJP's PM candidate. 
 
Priyanka has been playing a force multiplier for Rahul and Sonia but the attention she is getting from TV channels is another indication that she can put her brother and even her mother in the shade. 
 
At a time she was supposed to limit herself only to family constituencies, Priyanka's terse comments targeting Modi is resonating across the country and there is a feeling that the impact would have been much more if she was set free. 
 
However, Congress leaders are adamant that restricting herself to Amethi and Rae Bareli was Priyanka's decision. 
 
Taking a dig at Modi, she said, "It takes a big heart and compassion, not a 56-inch chest, to run India. It doesn't take brute force to run this country, it takes internal and moral strength, even a determination to lay one's life for the unity of the country." 
 Reacting to Priyanka's remarks, <keyword id="180781" type="POSITION" weightage="40" keywordseo="BJP-spokesperson">BJP spokesperson</keyword> Prakash Javadekar said, "Calling BJP rats is abusive politics. They have taken democratic discourse to such a low and they have now distorted democracy and hurt democracy." 
 
Another BJP leader Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi said Priyanka was Congress's only hope but they had wasted her by wheeling her out at a time when they were destined to lose. 
 
At a rally in Gorakhpur, Modi had said it took a 56-inch chest – like his – to convert UP into Gujarat. The swipe, largely aimed at Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav, was picked up by Priyanka on Sunday and used to Congress's advantage. Referring to the use of brute force, Priyanka also made a quiet, but arched reference to the 2002 Godhra riots. 
 
Priyanka called India a country of Mahatma Gandhi, where tribals and dalits had also laid their lives for the nation's unity. She said it was this culture of unity that she had inherited. "This is the blood that flows through my veins," she said. Repeatedly telling people, as she has over her campaign trails, to protect and preserve the culture of unity in India, Priyanka warned people of the divisive forces at work, out to spread hate and divide people on the lines of caste, religion and community. 
 
She said, "Vote for development, but also think about strengthening this country. Don't limit your vision, think of your sisters, the youth. What kind of country do you want? This is a country that believes in mutual coexistence, it needs a government that will keep them together." 
 
Building the momentum of the electoral campaign ahead of April 30 polls in Sonia's constituency, Priyanka urged people to vote for the Congress. Telling people about the drastic improvements that Sonia had brought to Rae Bareli, Priyanka said, "People have the power to lead political parties on the right path. Rahul and Sonia's politics is about empowering your hands. Everyone in my family, from Jawaharlal Nehru downwards, knew we are nothing without the support of the people. You make us. You matter. Nothing else is of any consequence."

BJP Scrambling Like Panic-Stricken Rats: Priyanka Gandhi

AMETHI: The stage is set for the mother of all battles in Amethi, which is going to the polls on Wednesday. With campaigning for the high-profile contest coming to an end at 5pm on Monday, both the <keyword id="14666" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="80" keywordseo="BJP">BJP</keyword> and <keyword id="1575" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="80" keywordseo="Congress">Congress</keyword> have lined up their arsenal in full force for a fight to finish. While BJP’s charge will be led by its PM candidate <keyword id="6354477" type="PERSON" weightage="40" keywordseo="Narendra-Modi">Narendra Modi</keyword>, Congress will have <keyword id="12587" type="PERSON" weightage="40" keywordseo="Priyanka-Gandhi">Priyanka Gandhi</keyword> leading from the forefront. 
 While Modi is defying tradition to storm into the constituency of his chief rival, Congress insiders say that even party chief <keyword id="689" type="PERSON" weightage="40" keywordseo="Sonia-Gandhi">Sonia Gandhi</keyword> might join her razing army on the front on Monday to give the prospects of her son one last push. 
 The <keyword id="6354944" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="40" keywordseo="Aam-Aadmi-Party">Aam Aadmi Party</keyword>, too, will have its star campaigners bolstering the campaign of Kumar Vishwas which, of late, has got mired in the tangle of attacks and FIRs. 
 
Even BJP top brass in the state was taken unawares when word reached them on Friday evening about Modi’s rally right in Amethi. When TOI reached the rally ground on Saturday, top state BJP leaders were found running around to make arrangements. 
 
“It’s a big battle and neither side wants to yield even an inch,” was the feeling among party workers in both Congress and BJP camps. They admit that the fact that Modi chose to take the battle right into Rahul’s territory shows the intensity of the fight as it is an accepted norm that top leaders do not generally campaign in territories of their main rivals. 
 
With reports trickling in from Amethi — a Gandhi pocket borough since 1967 with only two occasions when the Congress lost it — that the bastion was showing signs of chinks, this could be BJP’s way to prise open the giant door. Modi's rally in Amethi is slated around 3.30 pm, barely making it before the EC code puts a clamp on campaigning. 
 
 
 
Although the Congress camp is trying its best not to send out any signs of distress over the close battle, the valiant attempt that the family has put in this time in the constituency, which has mostly been a walkover in the past, is everybody to see. 
 
Rahul, after spending two days in the constituency, finished it off with two back to back road shows in Jayas and Salon to establish a one last-minute connect with his constituency. He will be in UP on Monday but hold rallies in Phulpur, Allahabad and Gonda for the candidates which are considered to be on stronger wickets. So, it will be left to Priyanka to single-handedly rebut Modi’s attack. An unofficial chief poll manager for both her mother and brother in adjacent constituencies, she will remain in Amethi and handle both the front and back-end of poll preparedness. Incidentally, she will also the chief poll manager for Rahul on the polling day, marshalling booths across the constituency.

Battle For Fort Rahul: Narendra Modi, Priyanka Gandhi Duel On Cards Today

New Delhi, Mar 23 () Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Monday appealed to the captains of Indian industry to come forward and help in the efforts to fight the coronavirus pandemic. She said businesses across the world are diverting funds and resources towards supply of essential medical products and equipment. "At this time of crisis for our nation and the world, I appeal to leaders of India's business community to join in the effort to fight the outbreak of Covid-19. In countries across the globe, businesses are diverting funds and resources towards the supply of essential medical products and equipment," she said in a series of tweets. "We are about to face a massive and unprecedented load on our health services, India needs your support, please do all you can to help," she said. SKC CK

Priyanka Gandhi calls upon business houses to support fight against coronavirus

NEW DELHI: The BJP vs Congress war over Robert Vadra's land deals shows no signs of abating with the saffron party asserting that the Rajasthan government will begin its probe into the controversial deals next month and questioning the "silence" of party chief Sonia Gandhi and vice-president Rahul Gandhi on the transactions. 
 
BJP declared Vadra's deals will be investigated in Rajasthan, where CM Vasundhara Raje will ensure a thorough probe once the Lok Sabha polls end on May 16. BJP said the silence of Congress's top duo only added to suspicions that the "family" had something to hide on the land deals, BJP spokesperson Nirmala Sitharaman said. 
 
Former BJP chief Nitin Gadkari also chipped in from Lucknow where he was campaigning for Rajnath Singh, saying the UPA government should either set up a judicial probe into Vadra's dealings or Sonia should file a defamation suit if the allegations against her son-in-law are baseless. 
 
Sitharaman added, "It is not an issue of vendetta politics. It is more an issue of an electoral promise given by Raje that she will definitely look into all the malpractices of the Gehlot government and Vadra is one of these ... once the model code is lifted ... law will take its due course." 
 
Congress retaliated by dismissing BJP's threats, saying the saffron party had got "nervous" because of Priyanka Gandhi's effective campaign. "It is very clear BJP is panicking due to Priyanka Gandhi's campaign in Rae Bareli and Amethi. Her campaign is resonating across the country," party spokesman Randeep Surjewala said, describing the information in a CD and booklet released by BJP as "trash allegations made by an elementary school kid". But BJP is showing no signs of easing its attacks on Vadra. "Till date, we don't have the Congress chief talking about it nor has the vice-president, who had said he will bring in great reformatory changes in the party," Sitharaman said. 
 
BJP also termed Congress's claim of the Supreme Court giving Vadra a clean chit an "incorrect interpretation". With the two parties sparring over the issue, AAP accused both of "selective shadow-boxing", saying they were driving away the focus of the campaign from real issues. In a statement, the party said it had already highlighted the issue of Vadra's dealings 18 months ago.

Rajasthan Government Will Probe Vadra's Land Deals After LS Polls: BJP

UPA’s Sonia Gandhi won in Rae Bareli with 55.8% vote share UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi is contesting from Rae Bareli against Dinesh Pratap Singh of BJP. Sonia Gandhi's position strengthened after the Samajwadi Party and the Bahujan Samajwadi Party did not field any candidate against her. For the first time Sonia Gandhi is contesting from Rae Bareli when she is not the Congress President. Her campaign was mainly handled by her daughter Priyanka Gandhi and son Rahul Gandhi. Her rival Dinesh Pratap Singh is an ex-Congressman who accused his former party of dynastic politics. Sonia Gandhi enjoys a lot of goodwill among the people in the constituency which in the past had elected former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi to the Lok Sabha. Though it appears an easy contest for Sonia Gandhi, the final outcome of this high-profile seat will be keenly watched.

Rae Bareli Election Results: Sonia Gandhi wins Rae Bareli by over 1 lakh votes

Congress president Sonia Gandhi is not well these days, but with UP assembly polls scheduled next year, her daughter <keyword id="12587" type="PERSON" weightage="100" keywordseo="Priyanka-Gandhi">Priyanka Gandhi</keyword> has stepped into her mother’s shoes, handpicking names from the list of candidates for the elections, and making sure that almost all sitting MLAs are given their tickets for constituencies where Congress has a strong presence. 
 Priyanka, who shares a good rapport with brother and Congress vice-president <keyword id="5268" type="PERSON" weightage="100" keywordseo="Rahul-Gandhi">Rahul Gandhi</keyword>, is not finding it hard to do what’s required of her in these elections. The Uttar Pradesh Congress Committee (UPCC) was anyway trying hard to convince Priyanka to be the face of the campaign. 
 
"After the road show in Varanasi, Sonia madam has not been in the best of health. In the meantime, Priyanka has taken charge of the UP campaign. She has emerged as a true leader while her mother took ill, ensuring that the party's confidence remains high," a senior party functionary told Times News Network requesting anonymity. 
 "One has to understand that the <keyword id="5968" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="Gandhi-family">Gandhi family</keyword> operates as one unit and they should be seen as such. You cannot single out any one member of the family .They speak in one voice. We all want Priyanka to come to UP and campaign. She has already done a great job in Amethi and Rae Bareli in previous polls," said UPCC chief Raj Babbar. 
 
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Sonia Gandhi is unwell, but daughter Priyanka is not letting Congress suffer in her absence

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