Not 2019, Priyanka Gandhi asks party workers to start preparations for 2022 UP poll

Congress General Secretary of Uttar Pradesh East, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Wednesday asked party cadres were they preparing for the elections. Not 2019, but she asked Congress workers to start preparation for Uttar Pradesh Assembly polls in 2022. 

Priyanka Gandhi seems to be tapping voters in Uttar Pradesh, one of the most crucial election states as she has been actively campaigning since her formal induction in the party last month. On Wednesday, she met workers in her brother and Congress President Rahul Gandhi's parliamentary constituency - Amethi.

Encouraging party workers to ensure Congress' victory in the state, Priyanka, said, "You (workers) need to work hard for elections. Are you preparing for elections? Not for this (general elections), for 2022 (UP Assembly elections)? Are you doing? You have to work."

#WATCH Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, Congress General Secretary for eastern UP, while interacting with party workers in Amethi's Gauriganj: Tayyari kar rahe ho aap chunaav ki? Iss wale ki nahi, 2022 ke liye? Kar rahe ho? pic.twitter.com/PfuixUIhWk

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Though trying to boost the morale of the party workers, Priyanka Gandhi unintentionally upset party cadres after she denied to sit in a weighing scale which was decorated with flowers to weigh with ladoo's (an Indian sweet). However, she politely denied to sit on the scales saying "do you think I weigh one quintal." Later, she asked the son of ex-MLA Noor Mohammad to honour the ceremony.  This program was organised by Congress leader Fateh Mohammad. 

Speaking to media, the Congress leader Fateh Mohammad said that Priyanka Gandhi asked him to sit in the weighing scale and she herself weighed her. She boosted our morale to start preparing for 2022 and also asked Rahul Gandhi to work hard for elections.

Priyanka is on a two-day trip to Amethi and Rae Bareli. She has been given the task of reviving the party in Uttar Pradesh. Priyanka made the statement while attending a program organised by local party workers. Priyanka Gandhi is scheduled to visit Ayodhya on Friday.

Priyanka was appointed AICC General Secretary for Uttar Pradesh East on January 23.

During earlier elections, Priyanka had kept herself limited to campaigning for Rahul and Sonia Gandhi in Amethi and Raebareli parliamentary constituencies only. Both constituencies are considered as strongholds for Gandhi family.

(With inputs from ANI)