Priyanka Gandhi to campaign for brother Rahul, Sonia Gandhi in Rae Bareli, Amethi


New Delhi, Apr 10 (PTI): Amid growing demand in Congress for a "larger role" for her, Priyanka Gandhi on Thursday said she will campaign in Rae Bareli and Amethi, the constituencies being represented by her mother Sonia Gandhi and brother Rahul.

Priyanka has been looking after these two constituencies for quite sometime now and there have been demands in the recent past from various quarters in the party that she should extend her role beyond the confines of Rae Bareli and Amethi.

"I will be in Amethi and Rae Bareli," 42-year-old Priyanka, who was accompanied by husband Robert Vadra, said after casting her vote at a polling booth in Lodhi Estate here.

She was responding to a volley of questions about her campagning. Party leaders have been maintaining that during every election there is a demand that Priyanka should campaign in maximum number of constituencies but she has so far not heeded to such demands.

Recently, there was a buzz about the possibility of Priyanka taking up a bigger role after she held a meeting with top party leaders at the residence of Rahul here.

However, the party had officially downplayed the meeting.

A few days back, senior AICC General Secretary Janardan Dwivedi had talked about Priyanka's interest in politics early in her life.

Asked whether Priyanka is now taking more interest in political affairs of Congress, he had said, "For me this question is meaningless. As far as I know, her interest in politics started much earlier. She was keen to understand political developments and the language of politics from the very start.

"I have some proof of this also, but I don't want to mention it now. All I can say is that Rajiv Gandhi had told me something about this in 1990. That is all for the moment", Dwivedi had replied.

Later, Congress had indicated that Priyanka would herself decide her future role in the party.

Meanwhile, asked whether he would react to various allegations against him, Vadra refused to comment. "No comments," he said.

  

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  • paap, Udupi

    Thu, Apr 10 2014

    you mean Priyanka Robert Vadra?

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  • KRPrabhu, Bangalore

    Thu, Apr 10 2014

    Election meeting aanaga Priyanka Gandhi... Illag poyi bokka Priyanka Robert Wadhra!

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  • haris, dubai

    Thu, Apr 10 2014

    Priyanka will is an invaluable asset to our nation. Just listen to her speech. She has good views about our nation.She is not a mass murderer or Criminal. She will be the best candidate for PM even better than Rahul.

    Please note that : my comment is only for Secular Humans.

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  • Richard, Shirva/Sharjah

    Thu, Apr 10 2014

    @ haris, dubai..can you feel 'secular' in dubai? ...stop dreaming for Congress!, coz of their scam kanda n black money people wisely choose BJP, and secular need to think positively and there is no one is there to continue Gandhi dynasty! since Vinci still unmarried!! and Priyanka Vadra will be ignored by public by known Robert's deed

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  • haris, dubai

    Thu, Apr 10 2014

    If you feel Dubai is not secular what are you doing in Sharjah???

    Just for earning money? Then you better try a job in Nepal.

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  • sid, mangalore

    Thu, Apr 10 2014

    india is secular not because of dongi congis , its because hindus are secular and will remain so ...

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  • flavian dsouza, chik/banaglore

    Thu, Apr 10 2014

    All scams should be investigated.
    Just today TOI has stated that Adani mow is valued at close to 1 lak crore!!!this is one of the biggest scam in the world no company has reached this kind of revenue in a span of a few years !!!Yesterdays report on news 9 ..all foreign journals feel that Modi is guilty and Amit shah the home minister has systematically destroyed all the evidence !!! and now he just remembered that he was married !!!Dangerous to the country if we have a leader who has no ability to handle people and highly egoistic !!BJP is now MODI..Rjnath singh had to remove his tweet ' vote for bjp and replace it with vote for MODI !!!!

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  • sid, mangalore

    Thu, Apr 10 2014

    Any one can be a PM candidate in congress as long as he or she has a Ghandhi Sir Name ... No knowledge , no capability , no leadership quality does not matter ....

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  • Sudhakar, Kallianpur

    Thu, Apr 10 2014

    She cannot campaign other than these two constituencies, because of her husband’s fantastic reputation?

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  • haris, dubai

    Thu, Apr 10 2014

    Read this news if you believe(???) Indian Judiciary System.
    "Supreme Court trashes plea against Robert Vadra, says 'won't allow you to destroy a person's name"

    Also, she is not accused by the court. There are some criminals who accused by court still campaigning for their parties. Also One of the accused is the State Incharge of that pary in one state.

    In all parties there some criminals are campaigning and contesting also.

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  • Sudhakar, Kallianpur

    Thu, Apr 10 2014

    Haris,
    This is called "kumbala kayee kalla elli endare hegalu mutti nodinanthe"

    Where did I mention that Priyanka Gandhi or Robert Vadra are corrupt or criminals. For you "Fantastic Reputation" might mean "Corrupt / Criminal".

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  • haris, dubai

    Thu, Apr 10 2014

    Sudhakar

    What i understand that daijiworld readers are not stupid.They write comments based on the article.So This article is based on Priyanka Gandhi and you mentioned "She" it's her.

    Now please correct me if i misunderstood you.If so i will not waste my time to reply your comments as i am employed by a company not by a political party.

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  • Ahmed, Mangalore / Doha

    Thu, Apr 10 2014

    Instant Online Poll:-

    Would Priyanka Gandhi perform better than Rahul Gandhi in leading Congress?

    for YES click Agree

    for NO click Disagree

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  • sid, mangalore

    Thu, Apr 10 2014

    Family Business should continue . More importantly Vadra has to be saved !

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