After formally taking over as Congress general secretary in-charge of Uttar Pradesh (east) in New Delhi on Tuesday, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra is set to visit the state and discuss strategies for the upcoming Lok Sabha polls on February 11.
Priyanka will come to Lucknow along with her brother and Congress chief Rahul Gandhi and party general secretary in-charge of west UP, Jyotiraditya Scindia.
On Thursday, UP Congress leaders said in Lucknow that Priyanka and Congress top leaders would hold a road show from airport to UPCC headquarters and thereafter they would hold a crucial meeting with state leaders on February 11.
“Though the programme is slated for a day, but Priyanka and Scindia might stay back for three more days to polish off poll strategy. However,
Rahul Gandhi is scheduled to fly back to Delhi the same evening.
The new general secretaries will hold discussions with office-bearers of UPCC, district and city units and in-charges of all frontal organisations and cells.
During her stay, Priyanka may also visit Rae Bareli and Prayag, and take a holy dip at Sangam in the ongoing Kumbh,” a Congress leader said.
Unconfirmed reports also claimed that Priyanka would spend four days every week at UP Congress Committee (UPCC) headquarters till Lok Sabha elections to monitor preparations and formalise strategies.
As per Congress sources, the UPCC headquarters at Mall Avenue here has been spruced up and preparations are being given final touched to welcome the newly-appointed general secretaries.
Several rooms of UPCC headquarters have been refurbished and a newly-built media hall will be inaugurated by Priyanka. Besides, a room next to UPCC chief Raj Babbar’s chamber on the first floor, has been revamped and is likely to be used by Priyanka for meetings.
It is the same room which was once used by Priyanka’s grandmother and former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi.
On January 23, Congress president Rahul Gandhi had announced the appointment of Priyanka Vadra Gandhi and Jyotiraditya Scindia as general secretaries incharge of UP.
On the occasion, Rahul had said, “I am not sending Priyanka and Jyotiraditya to UP for two months. I have given them a mission to accomplish. They are very powerful leaders of the party and I trust they will work for the state. We want to change the state’s politics with these young leaders.”