Priyanka Gandhi joins politics, appointed gen secy for UP

TIL Desk/National/New Delhi/ And finally, it’s done. The Congress party has appointed Priyanka Gandhi Vadra as the Congress General Secretary for Uttar Pradesh East.

Jyotiraditya Scindia has been appointed Congress General Secretary for Uttar Pradesh West, while KC Venugopal has been appointed Congress General Secretary (Organisation).

Priyanka has officially joined the party, a demand by party workers and senior leaders. Priyanka has so far only campaigned in the two family boroughs of Rae Bareli and Amethi, where she has been able to tap into the mood of the votes and is extremely popular on the campaign trail.

Clearly, the Congress is pulling out all stops ahead of the 2019 poll battle. Uttar Pradesh, the biggest state in the Lok Sabha with 80 seats, is likely to see a triangular contest between the Bharatiya Janata Party-led National Democratic Alliance, Samajwadi-Party-Bahujan Samaj Party combine and Congress in the upcoming Lok Sabha election.