To mobilise the local Congressmen and improve the party’s prospects in the coming assembly elections, Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra will embark on a padyatra in various parts of Lucknow on November 11.
According to party sources, the padyatra will begin from the famous Badi Kali temple in Chowk and conclude at Dargah Hazrat Abbas after meandering through the Old City.
Priyanka will also perform 'puja' at the Badi Kali Mata temple in line with the `soft Hindutva' agenda of the party.
The intellectual cell of the city Congress issued a letter to people informing them of the event.
The padyatra aims to apprise people about the pledges taken by the Congress to improve the life of people in Uttar Pradesh. The letter also urged people of the city to support the Congress party in the interest of women and the public in general.
The route for the padyatra aims at reviving the secular chord in the state capital.
"Priyanka seems to be focusing on the famous 'Ganga Jamuni tehzeeb' of Lucknow which has taken a beating in a highly polarised society in recent years," said a Congress functionary.
Uttar Pradesh Congress chief Ajay Kumar Lallu said that the padyatra will remind people that the thread that binds India is a shared legacy which is above realms of caste, religion and other elements of diversity.