Happy to take on PM Modi, says Priyanka Gandhi

Kalpeta (Wayanad): Amid speculations she could be pitted against Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Varanasi Lok Sabha seat, Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra Sunday said she will be happy to contest if asked by party president Rahul Gandhi.

“You will find out. If my Congress president tells me to contest, I will be happy to contest,” Priyanka Gandhi, sister of Rahul Gandhi, told reporters. She was responding to a question whether she will contest the poll from Varanasi in Uttar Pradesh from where Modi is seeking re-election.

Last month, Priyanka Gandhi had thrown a hint that she is not averse to taking on Mr Modi in Varanasi. “Shouldn't I fight from Varanasi?” Ms Gandhi said when a party worker asked her to contest from Rae Bareli, setting of speculations about her possible candidature.

Earlier, the Congress leader had also said she would contest the election if the party wanted her to do so. In her media interaction, Ms Gandhi dismissed BJP leader and union minister Uma Bharati’s controversial remarks that the country will see her the way it views a ‘thief's wife’.

“From my grandmother, grandfather, father, mother, they have said one thing or the other about all of my family. They will keep on saying such things. But we will keep on doing our job,” Ms Gandhi said.

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