Rahul Gandhi pitches Congress to play on 'front foot' in Uttar Pradesh

He said the party was also eyeing victory in 2022 UP assembly poll

Even as the roadshow of newly appointed Congress general secretary in-charge of Eastern UP, Priyanka Gandhi in Lucknow on Monday witnessed near hysteria among party leaders and cadres, Congress president Rahul Gandhi announced the party would henceforth play on 'front foot' in Uttar Pradesh.

Addressing a roadside public meeting in the state capital en route to the party’s state headquarters from Lucknow airport, Rahul Gandhi said while Lok Sabha polls were definitely on radar, but the party was also eyeing victory in 2022 UP assembly polls as well.

“I have tasked Priyanka and Jyotiraditya Scindia ji (the former union minister has been