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Priyanka Gandhi’s Lucknow Plan Revealed After Notice To Vacate Bungalow


Sources say Priyanka Gandhi Vadra has determined to make use of that home as her base in UP.

New Delhi:

Priyanka Gandhi Vadra has been planning to maneuver out of Delhi to Lucknow as the bottom camp for her political plans to resurrect the Congress in Uttar Pradesh. The discover yesterday to vacate her authorities bungalow has accelerated her plans, say sources.

The Congress common secretary was served discover yesterday to vacate by August 1 the bungalow allotted to her in 1997 for safety causes. The discover stated the allotment stands cancelled as she is not an SPG (Special Protection Group) protectee. She was additionally requested to pay dues of Rs 3.26 lakh, which she did instantly on-line.

The Congress stated the federal government’s step mirrored the “deep hatred and vendetta of Prime Minister Narendra Modi” in direction of the Congress management.

Priyanka Gandhi’s plans to shift base earlier this yr had been derailed by the coronavirus lockdown, say Congress sources. Her daughter Miraya has board exams this yr and he or she has been ready for these to recover from earlier than relocating.

The Congress chief has finalised a house in Lucknow – it’s the home that belonged to Congress chief Shiela Kaul, the aunt of former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, Priyanka Gandhi’s grandmother.

Sources say Priyanka Gandhi has determined to make use of that home as her base in UP, for conferences with celebration employees forward of meeting and Lok Sabha polls.

Already, one Congress chief has recommended in a tweet that the Congress identify her chief ministerial candidate for the 2022 UP elections.

“The decision to shift had been taken earlier. Priyanka Gandhi Vadra had been functioning in spurts from Lucknow. She led from the front, riding in a motor bike to evade the police while protesting against the Citizenship Amendment Act in the state,” a Congress chief stated.

The shift will take Priyanka Gandhi to the identical metropolis as UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, whom she has been focusing on emphatically over the previous few months on a variety of points together with the migrant disaster, the instructor rip-off and unemployment.

Her final go to to Lucknow was in December 2019, within the aftermath of violent protests over the Citizenship Amendment Act that engulfed UP’s capital and the state. At the time, she had a really public face off with the town police after she accused policemen of grabbing her neck and pushing her to the bottom whereas making an attempt to forestall her from visiting the home of a retired IPS officer who has been arrested for opposing the citizenship legislation.

Ally-turned-critic Mayawati has not too long ago appeared on her dartboard, particularly after the previous Chief Minister tore into the Congress whereas declaring that she stood by the BJP on China 

On Monday, Priyanka Gandhi tweeted a jibe on the BSP chief , saying that some opposition leaders had grow to be “undeclared spokespersons” of the BJP. 

In Uttar Pradesh, the Congress additionally has to cope with the Samajwadi Party, which was in energy within the state in 2012-17, and received about 18 p.c of the vote share within the 2019 common election regardless of successful solely 5 seats. The Congress and the Samajwadi had fought the 2017 meeting elections in UP in an alliance – the events had been worn out by the BJP.

While Priyanka Gandhi will spend a major period of time in Uttar Pradesh to try to revive the Congress after its abysmal efficiency in meeting and Lok Sabha elections, she’s going to preserve a house in Delhi too, celebration leaders stated.

Her brother Rahul Gandhi and mom Sonia Gandhi – the Congress president — may also use the house after they make journeys to Uttar Pradesh.

Last yr, Priyanka Gandhi’s marketing campaign in UP for the nationwide election got here a cropper because the Congress not solely did not win a couple of out of 80 seats in India’s most politically important state however even misplaced considered one of its two household strongholds – Amethi, which had voted Rahul Gandhi for 3 phrases.

Sources say the Gandhis consider an tackle in Lucknow will assist restore an enormous disconnect between the Congress rank and file in UP and the Delhi management.

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