Now Priyanka Gandhi will oversee the Congress Party operations in the eastern part of Uttar Pradesh. Home to more than 200 million people, Uttar Pradesh is the countrys most populous state and the place where national elections are won or lost. In 2014, Modis BJP executed a near sweep of the state
The ruling BJP immediately criticized the move as the perpetuation of dynastic politics by a party in thrall to a single family. Rahul Gandhi has failed so he needs Priyanka Gandhi, who is from his own family, as a crutch, Sambit Patra, a BJP spokesman, told reporters on Wednesday.
On Wednesday, a visibly excited Rahul Gandhi told reporters that he was looking forward to working with his sister. It is not clear yet whether Priyanka Gandhi will run for a seat in Parliament, and her brother said that decision remained up to her. Meanwhile, he said, the announcement had sent the
Modis own constituency falls in the area Priyanka Gandhi will now oversee for her party. In the past, she has not shied away from confronting Modi directly. In 2009, when Modi called the Congress an old woman,she shot back, asking if she looked old to him.
