Lucknow : Congress general secretary and Uttar Pradesh in-charge Priyanka Gandhi Vadra commenced her interaction with Uttar Pradesh party leaders over Mission 2022 assembly polls here at the state party headquarters on Friday.
Ms Vadra, who reached Lucknow on Thursday afternoon, held a meeting with leaders at the Kaul Bhawan, on Jopling road in the city, where she is put on.
But on Friday morning she reached the state party office along with state president Ajay Kumar Lallu and assembly leader Aradhana Mishra. Before starting her day’s engagement Priyanka offered a floral tribute of country’s first PM Jawahar Lal Nehru.
After staying in Lucknow on Friday and Saturday, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra will go to Rae Bareli, her mother Sonia Gandhi’s parliamentary constituency, on Sunday. She expected to visit Amethi too on Monday.
Party leaders here said that during her visit, Ms Vadra will hold several important meetings with party leaders and office-bearers on September 10 and 11.
She will also take stock of the preparations made so far and also strategise for the 2022 UP polls keeping caste and political equations in mind.
Ms Vadra will also give her approval on the first list of party candidates for the assembly polls.
Giving more information, UP Congress chief Ajay Kumar Lallu said, “Priyanka Gandhi Vadra will first hold a meeting with the Advisory and Strategy Committee of the UP Congress, after which she will take a meeting with the Congress State Election Committee and after this she will hold a zone-wise meeting.”
The AICC general secretary will also review the work done so far on the ground to strengthen the Congress party in the state. On the other hand, keeping in mind the political and caste equations of Uttar Pradesh in the upcoming assembly elections, selection of the candidates and the announcement of their names may also be done.
According to the Congress sources, Priyanka Gandhi will review the Congress campaign in every village in the zone-wise meeting to be held in the capital Lucknow. Due to which the officials associated with each zone have been instructed to reach with written information about the work done in the zone.
During this, Ms Vadra will do a detailed review of the formation of Gram Sabha Presidents along with the Congress Block and Nyaya Panchayat Samiti formed in every zone. Feedback of training camps will also be taken.
In order to create an atmosphere in favour of Congress in Uttar Pradesh,Ms Vadra will also formulate a strategy to take issues to the people like failures of the Yogi-Modi government along with the new agricultural law, farming, unemployment, law and order, corruption and inflation.
A conference of businesspersons is likely to be organised at the Congress headquarters during the visit.
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