From Himachal Pradesh to Karnataka to Madhyapradesh Priyanka Gandhi has proved herself as the new star face of Indian national Congress ever since she resigned as UP general secretary in-charge.
After winning the crucial Election in Himachal Pradesh and Karnataka, India’s oldest political party Congress is looking forward to recapture the three hindi speaking States before the Loksabha elections. After resigning as UP general secretary, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra is emerging as a new star face of Congress. On 12th June Priyanka Gandhi kicked off the Congress’s Madhyapradesh election campaign, instead of Kamalnath and Digvijay Singh.
Defence minister Rajnath singh made a veiled dig about Priyanka Gandhi
Defence minister Rajnath Singh on Tuesday termed Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra a “mausami” (seasonal) Hindu without taking her name, a day after she offered prayers to Narmada river in Madhya Pradesh.after Rajnath singh chief minister of Madhya Pradesh Shivraj Singh Chauhan questioned the Narmada Pooja performed by Proyanka Gandhi along with Congress leaders in Jabalpur. After Karnataka election Priyanka Gandhi is looking very active and trying to build a strong “sangathan” in polling states.
Congress leaders interpreting that Gandhi was being taken seriously
After the continuous reactions of top BJP leaders on Priyanka Gandhi many Congress leaders are looking her as a strong leader who can counter Prime minister Modi’s massive popularity.
Priyanka Gandhi a new hope for Congress
The ex general secretary of UP has resigned last October, months after facing a disastrous defeat in UP assembly elections. After coming out from UP she seems to have been pushed forward in all polling states as a ‘star campaigner’.
After party’s plenary session in Naya raipur, Gandhi addressed a public rally while Rahul and Sonia returned to Delhi which shows that she is working on ground level to uplift the party.
She was leading the campaign against Prime minister Modi during Karnataka elections that saw the party’s emerge victory last month.
Apart from Karnataka, Priyanka Gandhi kickstart the election campaign of Telangana with a public rally in Hyderabad. And her recent stop was Madhya Pradesh. All four states- Chhattisgarh, Madhyapradesh, Rajasthan and Telangana will be voting by the end of the year.
Congress leaders looking Priyanka Gandhi as Ex-PM Indira Gandhi
Many congress leaders has claimed that her campaign and charm in Himachal Pradesh and Karnataka was so ‘effective’ and helped the party to register their much needed win.
In her speeches she tries to connect with the emotional sentiments of public. As she looks like her grandmother Indira Gandhi Congress workers tries to set a narrative in order to counter narendra modi.
Many congress leaders like Pramod mahan has Said that Congress can defeat BJP in upcoming elections only if party contest the election with the face of Priyanka Gandhi.
Priyanka Gandhi to Target more women votes in upcoming elections
Since 1962, when the Election Commission started breaking down voter data according to gender, the Congress party always cornered a larger share of women’s votes than other parties. But this pattern was broken in 2019 when the Modi-led BJP government got the greatest share of women’s votes. While Priyanka Gandhi was in charge of general secretary in UP she gave the slogan of “ladki hu lad sakti hu” which was a clear indication that Priyanka Gandhi’s biggest focus is to get back the women votes.
Sibling duo to lead the campaign in 2024 elections
As Rahul Gandhi is continuously questioning BJP on Unemployment, Corruption, Inflation and poverty, Priyanka Gandhi is trying to seek the votes on emotional sentiments.One can hear a lot of ‘meri maa’ or ‘mera bhai’ in her speeches. If you see it from an average middle-class perspective, the over-arching theme seems to be that the siblings were raised by a widowed mother and that the two have great camaraderie. This builds a lot of connect with people.
Role of Priyanka Gandhi after resigning as general secretary of UP
After winning the Karanataka elections one this is clear that she will lead the party’s campaign trail in upcoming states. Many congress leaders are asking her to contest the loksabha election from UP, a lot of rumers are there that can only be clear in upcoming elections. She is unlikely to be contesting from ‘Amethi’ or ‘Raebareli the two bastions of Gandhi’s in UP but if she contestsbit will be from Karnataka and Chhattisgarh says a big Congress leader.
