Ending years of speculation, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra formally entered politics with the Congress appointing her general secretary for Uttar Pradesh East. She will take over her new assignment in the politically crucial state-a Congress bastion till the mid 1980s from the first week of February.
Priyanka Gandhi, who turned 47 on 12 January, will assist her brother and Congress president Rahul Gandhi in the Hindi heartland state, which has 80 Lok Sabha seats, the largest of any state in the country. Eastern UP includes Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Lok Sabha constituency, Varanasi. Rahul Gandhi also appointed senior party leader Jyotiraditya Scindia as AICC general secretary for Uttar Pradesh West.
Commenting on Priyanka’s appointment as General Secretary for Uttar Pradesh east, Rahul Gandhi said that “I am very happy that my sister Priyanka will assist me in UP in the Lok Sabha polls. She is very capable’.
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