Lucknow: Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, daughter of Congress president Sonia Gandhi, will be campaigning for party candidates in Uttar Pradesh for the state assembly elections. Her name figured in the list of 40 star campaigners released by the Congress on Tuesday.
This will be for the first time that Priyanka would be electioneering in the state, beyond the family fiefdoms of Amethi and Rae Bareli.
Only a few days back, Priyanka successfully stitched up an alliance with the ruling SP in the state where Congress got 105 seats and the SP 298. She will be campaigning in Amethi, Rae Bareli, Ghaziabad and Saharanpur. (IANS)