Kick-starting her campaign today, Priyanka Gandhi has embarked on her campaign trail from Prayagraj to Varanasi, which also is Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s parliamentary constituency, boat ride on the river Ganga, making small pit stops and meeting crowds on the banks.
Congress General Secretary for UP (East) Priyanka Gandhi Vadra arrived at the party office in Lucknow on Sunday, 17 March.
She began the ‘ganga-yatra’ on a steamer boat through a 140-kilometre-route on Monday, from Chhatnag in Prayagraj to Assi Ghat in Varanasi.
Uttar Pradesh will vote in all seven phases of the Lok Sabha elections scheduled from 11 April to 19 May. The counting of votes will take place on 23 May.
Moments after Priyanka Gandhi began her ‘Ganga-yatra’ today as Congress’ General Secretary, Indian Youth Congress from Karnataka shared images of the Congress leader on her campaign trail.
During her boat ride, Priyanka Gandhi was seen interacting with students from Allahabad University.
Priyanka Gandhi Offers Prayer at Triveni Sangam
Congress General Secretary UP-East Priyanka Gandhi Vadra offers prayers at Triveni Sangam, to start 3-day long Ganga-yatra from Chhatnag in Prayagraj to Assi Ghat in Varanasi.
Priyanka Gandhi Vadra arrived at Bade Hanuman temple in Prayagraj to offer prayers today.
Be Fearless, All Will Be Good: Indira Gandhi Told Priyanka
Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, who is in Uttar Pradesh campaigning for the party, is drawing inspiration from her grandmother and former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, who taught her to be fearless.
“Sitting in the courtyard of Swaraj Bhawan, the room is visible where my grandmother was born,” she tweeted late on Sunday, while spending sometime in the 19th century mansion here. The ancestral home was owned by her great-great grandfather, Motilal Nehru.
The 47-year-old recalled how her grandmother often rocked her to sleep with the bedtime story of Joan of Arc, a peasant girl from medieval France, who believed God chose her to lead France to victory in its Hundred Years War with England. She succeeded and is honoured as the Maid of Orleans.
“I still have those words imprinted in my heart. Become fearless and all will be good,” she added.
Priyanka Gandhi Vadra Offers Prayers at Hanuman Temple in Prayagraj
Congress General Secretary of Uttar Pradesh East Priyanka Gandhi Vadra offers prayers at Bade Hanuman temple in Prayagraj.
Priyanka Arrives at Lucknow’s Party Office
Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Sunday arrived in Lucknow to meet party workers and office bearers ahead of her boatride from Prayagraj to Varanasi.
Gandhi’s flight arrived at 10.20 am in Lucknow and she reached Nehru Bhawan, state headquarters on Mall Avenue, in another half an hour.
Several delegations who have been protesting against the Yogi Adityanath’s Bharatiya Janata Party government’s administration were likely to meet her, party leaders said, IANS reported.
There were at least 12 to 13 groups who have sought audience with her separately. Each group having about 30-40 members.
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