Priyanka Gandhi Vadra sought the support of the people of Bulandshahar for her party nominees in the coming assembly elections
Sitharaman's remarks had come after Union Minister of State for Finance Pankaj Chaudhary, who is also an MP from Uttar Pradesh, said on Tuesday that Rahul Gandhi did not understand the budget
Priyanka Gandhi Vadra slammed the Union Budget, saying it was nothing but old "jumlas (rhetoric)" and an "attack on subsidies".
Priyanka will campaign door to door in Noida on Monday to seek votes for party candidate Pankhuri Pathak. This will be her first physical campaign since the Election Commission banned rallies.
Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Sunday attacked the Centre over the issue of employment, saying its priority is "spying" on citizens when it ought to be jobs for the youth. Her attack on the government came over a media report which claimed that there are 3.03 crore unemployed youth in the country. "The priority of the government should be jobs for the youth, but the priority of the BJP government is spying on citizens," the Congress general secretary alleged in an apparent reference to the Pegasus snooping allegations against the government. The country needs an agenda for the youth, it needs a roadmap for employment for the youth, Priyanka Gandhi said in a tweet in Hindi.
She also appealed to protesting job aspirants to keep walking on the path of 'satyagraha' in a peaceful manner, saying there is a lot of power in it.
Priyanka Gandhi Vadra accused the Uttar Pradesh Police of assaulting students and vandalising their hostel in Prayagraj for allegedly protesting against unemployment
Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi said the ruling party may end up being the largest beneficiary of this divisive rhetoric and therefore people need to be given a choice of another kind of politics
'You can see my face everywhere,' says Priyanka on being asked about the chief ministerial face of Congress in the upcoming UP Assembly elections
This is one of the rare occasions when both leaders of the Congress Party will be jointly addressing the media
She said there is "bhayanak loktantra" in her family
In the list, 50 candidates are women and it includes Unnao rape victim's mother
The results of Uttar Pradesh polls will be surprising due to the anger of the people there towards the BJP govt as well as the stellar campaign efforts of Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, Kamal Nath said
After the UP Congress called off its rallies and woman's marathons in the poll-bound state due to the surge in COVID-19 cases, Priyanka Gandhi is set to launch virtual campaign from today.
In view of rising COVID-19 cases, Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra's two public meetings that were to take place in Uttarakhand have been postponed."In view of the increasing spread of the global pandemic, Corona, the proposed public meetings of Priyanka Gandhi in Srinagar (Garhwal) and Almora are postponed," Uttarakhand Congress tweeted from its official account.Ahead of Uttarakhand assembly polls scheduled to take place this year, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra was to address two public meetings, likely to take place on January 9, at Srinagar and Almora areas in the state.Meanwhile, amid the emergence of the Omicron variant of COVID-19, India continues to witness a spike in its daily infections. The country logged 58,097 new COVID cases in the last 24 hours, and the daily positivity rate is at 4.18 per cent, the Union Health Ministry informed on Wednesday.With this, the active caseload in the state mounted to 2,14,004.
Party sources said apart from Covid, the decision also took into account the recent stampede-like situation in Bareilly
Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Wednesday asked Valmiki community to suggest a name from among them to contest election from her party in the coming assembly election in Uttar Pradesh
She also said the Congress announcing to give 40 per cent of tickets to women in the Uttar Pradesh polls is a big initiative
The Congress on Tuesday organised a marathon in Lucknow to boost women empowerment under its 'Ladki Hoon, Lad Sakti Hoon (I'm a girl and can fight)' campaign in poll-bound Uttar Pradesh
The incident was reported to have taken place in Haridwar during an event held from December 17 to 20