Priyanka Gandhi is set to play a leading and decisive role for the debilitated Congress in the Uttar Pradesh elections. A determined Priyanka is being projected with a clearly defined role and is strongly supported by Congress leaders.


Party veterans Raj Babbar, Ghulam Nabi Azad, P L Punia, Sanjay Singh, Rajiv Shukla, Pramod Tiwari, K L Sharma and many others are all slogging to revive the party in UP.


Congress grassroot workers are motivated this time. Prashant Kishor has a 500-strong hand-picked posse of committed surveyors-cum-campaigners. They are working overtime to promote the Congress in the state.


The Congress ticket is in demand for the first time in decades. Haseeb Ahmad, general secretary of the Allahabad District Congress Committee, has launched a campaign through his Facebook, Twitter, and WhatsApp accounts. 

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