Official Congress party leader, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra arrived in Lucknow for her five day maiden trip. Congress President, Rahul Gandhi and Jyotiraditya Scindia who has been appointed as the Gen Sec of UP West, also accompanied her.
Rahul began with "Chowkidar chor hai" chant. He said, “Chowkidar has stolen money from people of UP and the country. UP is the country heart. I have appointed Priyanka and Scindia as UP general secretaries. Their aim is Lok Sabha but also to form opposition in Vidhan Sabha. I have told them to fight against the injustice that UP has suffered.”
Priyanka Gandhi, the big game changer for the Congress has kicked off a mega roadshow, along with brother Rahul Gandhi and Jyotiraditya Scindia in the crucial electoral state of Uttar Pradesh.
In Lucknow, this is her first trip after formally joining politics, just before arriving in Lucknow, she joined Twitter and has already amassed close to 52,000 followers.
From the airport to the party's state headquarters, the three Congress leaders had travelled in an open top bus. The Party workers had felicitated them from Airport to UPCC office in Mall Avenue.
The trio addressed the crowd and media at Lalbagh trisection, and then they moved towards Hazratganj where they had to garland the idols of Sardar Patel, BR Ambedkar and Mahatama Gandhi before moving towards party office.
The party in Uttar Pradesh had witnessed the visit as the virtual launch of the Congress campaign in the state, "Come, let's build a new future, new politics with me. Thank you," she said in her message to the people ahead of the visit to the state.
The two general secretaries will be interacting with party workers at the state Congress office in Lucknow on February 12, 13 and 14, while Rahul Gandhi is likely to return the same day.
However what was interesting to see was that the Congress Gen Sec returned home mum as Rahul Gandhi did all the talking.