Rahul Gandhi, Priyanka Gandhi expected to address joint press conference on Feb 4
Lucknow, Jan 27 (IBNS): Congress president Rahul Gandhi and his sister Priyanka Gandhi will address a joint press conference here on Feb 4, media reports said.
“This time, Rahul will be introducing his sister,” a top UP Congress leader told The Times of India.
Priyanka officially joined politics last week:
Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday said his sister Priyanka Gandhi Vadra and party leader Jyotiraditya Scindia have been appointed as the outfit's general secretary in Uttar Pradesh on a mission.
Reacting to the appointment of Priyanka and Scindia as the general secretary of east and west Uttar Pradesh respectively, Rahul said: "Priyanka and Jyotiraditya have been appointed on a mission to establish Congress' ideology in Uttar Pradesh. I am personally happy for Priyanka as now my capable sister will work with me."
"Whether Priyanka will contest election or not is her personal decision," the Congress chief said when asked whether her sister will contest the 2019 General Elections.
The announcement came days after the Congress was kept out of an alliance by the Samajwadi Party (SP) and Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) in Uttar Pradesh.
Priyanka Gandhi and Uttar Pradesh politics:
Priyanka, the daughter of former Prime Minister late Rajiv Gandhi and United Progressive Alliance (UPA) chairperson Sonia Gandhi, is also a social worker.
Along with Rahul, the 47-year old leader had campaigned for the Congress during the 2017 assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh. In fact, Priyanka was instrumental in forming an alliance between the Congress and SP in the 2017 state polls.
Uttar Pradesh is a key state for the success in any General Elections as it consists of 80 Lok Sabha seats.
In the 2014 General Elections, the BJP and its allies had won 73 seats in the northern state, paving the way for Narendra Modi to become the Prime Minister. The Congress had won just two seats.
Priyanka was also seen meeting people in Rae Bareli and Amethi constituencies, which are held by Sonia and Rahul respectively.
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