Priyanka Gandhi will play a ‘major role’ in UP Polls

TIL Desk/National/New Delhi/ Priyanka Gandhi will actively campaign for the Congress and play a “major role” in the upcoming Uttar Pradesh assembly polls slated early next year, top party leaders said on Friday.

At a meeting chaired by Rahul Gandhi and attended by her besides top leaders at the party vice president’s Tughlaq Road residence, Priyanka’s role and her campaign schedule was discussed. The leaders also exchanged their views on the strategy for Uttar Pradesh assembly polls and the fallout of the demonetisation exercise.

Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka, general secretary in-charge of the party in UP Ghulam Nabi Azad, its chief ministerial candidate Sheila Dikshit and state Congress chief Raj Babbar were present. Some senior Congress leaders from the poll-bound state and its campaign strategist Prashant Kishor also reportedly attended the meeting.

The meeting was also learnt to have discussed certain differences between the state leaders and issues some of them have with Kishor. Sources said the meeting deliberated on the probable candidates as the party leaders present were also part of the screening committee.