New Delhi: Ahead of elections in the crucial states of Uttar Pradesh and Punjab, Priyanka Gandhi’s importance continued to grow in the party with Punjab Congress chief and the party’s chief ministerial candidate Amarinder Singh making it clear that he wanted her to campaign for the forthcoming elections in his state.
“Both Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi would be campaigning for Congress in Punjab and I would also request Priyanka Gandhi to help with the electioneering in the state,” Captain said.
Ms Gandhi has already decided to campaign for the party in Uttar Pradesh. In August, the Congress had reportedly managed to convince Priyanka to step out of the family boroughs of Amethi and Rae Bareli, where she has addressed rallies earlier.
He dismissed questions on the delay in announcing party candidates for state polls slated to be for 2017, saying “the SAD and AAP are one-member and one-family party respectively, while Congress is a well-structured organisation that works on principles and processes”.
The delay in the announcement would have no impact on the prospects of victory of Congress candidates in the polls and they would get ample time to engage in electioneering, the senior Congress leader said.
Amarinder also hit out at Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal for his announcement that a dalit will become the deputy chief minister of Punjab if AAP comes to power in the polls. “The AAP government in Delhi has no Sikh or dalit minister”.
